How Strong is Foundation of Christianity: Lalit k kaul

 

Your Christianity has Weak/Questionable Foundation Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin

                                                                                                                                      Lalit K Kaul

First things first. Udhayanidhi is a Sanskrit word. So, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin, your name is derived from a language that's the language of Sanatan Dharm's (Vedic) holy scriptures. The Faith that you and your family excels in abusing, all the names of your family members including your grandfather are taken from its nomenclature. You know why? Because you, the converts, do not want your names to indicate to the general public that you are converts to Christianity from Sanatan Dharm. This also means that while you got converted for the greed of getting personal benefits, your Soul still resided in Sanatan Dharm and continues to do so. If not, then as a true Christian you and your family members should adopt Christian names. But you will not do so. Therefore, when you abuse Sanatan Dharm, you are fundamentally abusing yourself and your family.

The Converts and the Originals:

A duplicate can never become original. This axiom is applicable to manufactured goods. Similarly, a convert can never be like the original. A convert is ever eager and enthusiastic to prove his/her credentials as a new entrant to his/her adopted Faith and that's the never-ending mission. The converts arrogate onto them the responsibility of protecting their new Faith and behave as if they were its benefactors and guardians. There is another characteristic of the converts. They vociferously abuse their Mother Faith which they were either forced to (or willingly for greed did) divorce and adopt new Faith. By this act of abusing, they endeavour to convey to the clergy of their Faith as to how they despise their old Faith. This is one way of showing their loyalties to their new Faith and its institutions. Not so with the originals. Many examples can be given to substantiate this perception about converts, but that's beyond present scope.

Jesus and Christianity:

It's not about Jesus, but about Christianity and its very foundation that I intend to pen down in the lines to follow. Because I am not qualified to talk, much less comment, about Jesus. For the Man who chose crucifixion so that humanity could be rescued/saved, I don't measure up to the dust of his feet. But, for the likes of Sri Udhayanidhi Stalin and other Christian converts, I would certainly invoke Jesus in an attempt to make the Christian converts realize how hollow the foundation of the Christianity is. And, this I intend to do based on the research works of original Christians. All sentences in “---" are from the mouth of researchers. Anybody desiring reference for the text below may ask for the same

Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin! Where was Jesus from the age of 12 to 30 years?

You wouldn't know because the converts are not to know the whole Truth of their newly adopted Faith. This piece of information about the 18 years of the life of Jesus is not to be found in Gospels. It is the research work of original Christians. The Sanatan Dharm that the converts like you and your family members exult in abusing, the likes of you should know that Jesus who was known to be a brilliant young mind eager to understand the basis of this universe and life enhanced his knowledge (spiritual) by being in the company of the saints in Puri (Jagannadh Temple), Orissa; Kashmir, Ladakh and Tibet. He is known to have read both the Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. Jesus interacted with the Buddhist monks in Ladakh and Tibet to learn about the teachings of Buddha and the saints in Puri to learn about Vedic (Sanatan) spiritual thought. He was also influenced by the works of Greek philosopher Plato.

There is an inextricable connection between the Gyan of Buddha and Sanatan Dharm’s world-view and Jesus is known to have acquired spiritual knowledge from these schools of thought before he returned to Palestine at the age of 30 years to preach for a period that lasted just one year. The travel was not difficult as there were established trade routes between Middle East and Europe and so with Asia.

Foundation of Christianity:

Orthodox Christianity says that Jesus died by crucifixion and after three days by a supernatural act of God he was resurrected and that his credibility as a teacher and representative of God hinges on the historicity of that moment. That crucifixion of Jesus led to his death and then resurrection, is the foundation on which the entire edifice of Christianity is raised and it is this hypothesis that the original Christians by dint of their research work have sought to question if not debunk. Their assertion is that if the Church establishment was to accept the truth of crucifixion, then whole edifice would collapse.

Where from does the Challenge come?

“The Kashmiri claim is that Jesus survived crucifixion, returned to India, returned to Kashmir through which he had passed on his way to and from Ladakh and that he lived out rest of his life in that part of the world still exercising the ministry of the teacher and a healer until he passed away at the age of 80. Orthodox Christianity regards this proof as simply impossible”.

“The Gospel of St. Mark, the earliest of canonical gospels is silent on resurrection of Jesus. It makes no claim of resurrection. It ends on a note that Jesus has been crucified and has gone missing. It's not the same as resurrection.”. “What's so intriguing about Kashmiri claim is not only that they have this tomb, that would appear to be of a Jewish man from Palestine at exactly the same time frame as Jesus, he has got the same name as Jesus, he has got very similar ministry as Jesus, but part of that shrine is the imprint of two feet, it’s a carving that has been made as a way of honouring this great holy person. And, on the feet are 2 marks in different places on each foot that might intrigue the casual onlooker, but if you were to place left foot over the right foot and then drive the nails through them in the traditional Roman crucifixion the marks of those carving is exactly where the mark of that nail would be. So that carving is a direct claim that the person buried here had survived a Roman crucifixion. So, the claim is not that it is some other Isa, but Isa of Nazareth".

Credibility of the Kashmiri Claim:

“The answer for resurrection according to Gospel of Mark would appear to be No and it's also No according to an ancient documentary source known by the letter Q. In this context the letter Q identifies the body of sayings used by the writers of the Gospels of the Luke and Mathew to fill out their picture of Jesus. Many scholars believe Q to be the earliest and most primitive expression of Christianity. They never mention Jesus's resurrection”.

“Exactly same thing can be said about the Gospel of Thomas and there are many scholars who believe that gnostic Gospel of Thomas is the earliest records we have of the sayings of Jesus. It's unlike a canonical gospel; it doesn't focus on actions of Jesus so much as the number of Q sayings. It's said to be the most authentic account of the profound teachings of Jesus and no claim to death and resurrection of Jesus. All this is in direct confrontation with orthodox Christianity that is founded on the theory of crucifixion death and resurrection.”

“So, the Kashmiri story is not a story on its own with no context, it sits perfectly, comfortably with the earlier Christian texts”. “The Kashmiri claim about the Jesus's presence and ministry in Kashmir give us a quite different context to look at Jesus. That we have a Jesus who is a deeply interesting, highly educated, deeply traveled, deeply informed spiritual teacher. It in no way contradicts the claims of orthodox Christianity, more challenging are the claims from the shrine in Srinagar that suggest that Jesus didn't resurrect but that he survived death; that he went back to Kashmir- the place he had known in his twenties and continued his ministry as a teacher and a healer and a leader of the healed. If that is the case then it puts back on the table some pretty fundamental questions. …. But a Christianity without resurrection would be no Christianity according to the belief of millions of Christians… Who is buried in Srinagar!!!”.

How did Jesus survive Crucifixion?

“Of those canonical gospels- Mathew, Luke and John- which speak of resurrection, all three identify a wealthy merchant by the name of Joseph of Arimathea, the person to whom body of crucified Jesus is entrusted. The Roman authority provide him with the body and permission to lay it in his family's own tomb. This Joseph does, taking with him 30 Kgs of spices, a medicinal mixture, substances used in embalming of dead bodies and for treating wounds and healing, Who was this enigmatic figure Joseph of Arimathea  and what role may he have played and most pivotal in human events? He lived in South-West England and traded in tin which was very precious at those times and that's why Roman Empire was interested in conquering Great Britain. He was a magnate who traded in valuable commodities and toured the world. That was the kind of person-who owned ships-who had the capability to ship Jesus to India, to the place Jesus loved. That explanation of things is completely in harmony with what we hear from Tibet, Ladakh, Puri and Kashmir. If you travel to monasteries of that part of the world it's taken for granted that Jesus was here. The lamas of those monasteries would tell you straight that Jesus was here when he was young and when he was older".

“Roman crucifixion was very savage form of execution because it took so long for a person to die. Their hands and feet would be tied to the cross and then 7-inch nails would be driven through the hands and feet. This was to ensure that the man stayed at the cross till he stopped breathing. This most commonly took 24 hours or a bit longer and the bodies were left in that state for several days to ensure that they had expired”.

“In the case of Jesus’s crucifixion, he was on the cross for far less than 24 hours. In one of the gospels, he was there for 6 hours and they are not going to leave the bodies there for long because it's a holy weekend… and so the Roman soldiers were asked to break their legs- those who were crucified along with Jesus- to ensure that they couldn't continue breathing causing death quickly. When they examined Jesus, they found that he was already dead and therefore no need to amputate his legs. Then Joseph of Arimathea took charge of the body. We are given another detail in canonical gospels and that's that before Jesus died or blacked out (which in fact it was) he was given something to drink-some kind of vinegar mixed with spices and gourd…. Because of which he blacks out. Was it in fact a device to ensure that he blacks out before guards come along to break his legs? And, if that's the case then wasn't it the case of Jesus surviving and waking up… and Joseph of Arimathea ensuring to get him shifted from there to Kashmir in India.”

Unsure Foundation of Christianity:

So, the actual happenings- Jesus crucified; stays on the cross for only 6 hours; is given a drink so that he blacks out before guards come along to break his legs and guards think of him as dead; Joseph of Arimathea took charge of the body; healed it with Jesus’ supporters helping out; then ship him out to India. That's Jesus never dies but that he revives after experiencing a black out- was manipulated to Jesus dies on the cross and then is resurrected by some supernatural power and ascends to Heaven. Fact as borne out by Ladakhis, Tibetans and Kashmiris is that Jesus lived for 80 years and died after raising a family and his tomb is in Srinagar.

Jesus Tomb in Srinagar:

“In Srinagar Kashmir is the tomb of a pilgrim in defiance to the local tradition that lays the bodies from North to South, this body is laid West to East in ancient tradition of Judaism and whose body it is, lived in the 1^st century CE was venerated as a hero and a Prophet. He was considered so holy by the people of that time that in 112 AD the grandchildren of those who witnessed his ministry built a shrine around his burial place. Local Kashmiri tradition claims that a Prophet Yusuf Asa came to Kashmir from Allahabad during the reign of Raja Gupdata in the 1^st century CE. Kashmiri belief is that Yusuf Asa real name was Isa which was Ladakhi way of pronouncing Ishua (the Hebrew name) of Jesus. The name Isa means Healer or the Leader of the healed.”

What should Udhayanidhi Stalin do?

He should resolve this confusion about the very foundation on which the edifice of Christianity rests and not abuse Sanatan Dharm which has stood on its solid foundations for more than 10000 years despite the barbarism inflicted on its followers by the Abrahamanic Religions. Based on the research works of original Christians, it would be plausible to say that Christianity- the Church establishment- has weak foundation and questionable existence if not dubious.