Dear Sunilkumar:
Greetings! I will follow the way you have organized the issues. The only thing is, there are too many issues and it is somewhat time consuming and cumbersome to prepare the responses for all the issues at the same time. So I would like to take one or two at a time, come to some sort of conclusion and then move on. I hope this process is acceptable to you.
Also, if you can tell me when you will be online, I can log in at the same time so that the back and forth can be quick. My local time 10:30 hours behind India.
In this first phase I would like to discuss the first two issues from your revised list.
Issue 1: About human ability/proclivity for sin:
.... humans are created as free rational moral creates, [...] humans have the ability to rebel against God and God's moral nature, commandments etc. [....] More so, given that God is offering help/transformation/salvation etc, at least, this cannot be a ....
My question is more fundamental than this and is very simple. In as much as god is all powerful why can't god create jeevas with no sin and no capability to sin in the first place?
I am unable to comprehend why a compassionate god would do anything different.
Issue 2: "..belief in the literal truth of crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is not required for moksham?
A person who has not and could not hear of the life/teachings/doctrine/salvation etc of Jesus cannot of course be blamed.
What do you mean by " cannot be blamed"? What will happen to such jeevas? Will they go to heaven? Please answer this question as directly as possible please.
If a person who never heard of Jesus, but praying for Rama's help or Krishna's help to overcome sin, for genuine relationship with God, for God's salvation, transformation etc (and not merely asking for material things like physical well being, wealth, health etc), I do not think there is any Christian doctrine that finds fault with it, in itself. However, a Christian doctrine may say that such a person who is already seeking/desiring/looking at symbols of salvation, incarnation, God's help for transformed life etc would find it impossible to resist Jesus -
This is contradictory! You start out with, "If a person who never heard of Jesus", and then, after a lot of beating around the bush you say a person seeking salvation "would find it impossible to resist Jesus".
How can a person who has never heard of Jesus, but desirous of moksham, find Jesus irresistible?
Next, let us take the case of someone who has heard of Jesus, but knows very little about the Christian theology. If this person meets all your criteria such as,
praying for help to overcome sin, for genuine relationship with God, for God's salvation, transformation etc (and not merely asking for material things like physical well being, wealth, health etc).
Only that, for them god is Rama or Krishna, or Shiva, not Jesus. Tell me directly sir, will they go to heaven when the time comes?
I have asked specific questions that need direct answers. Supporting explanations are fine, but there is no use of lots of discussion without answering the questions.
We will deal with the other issues after dealing with these two to our mutual satisfaction.
Cheers!
