Conversion is no issue and the trend throughout the world. Conversion takes many forms and does not need to be from one religion to another. There is no real significance to Heaven when one changes from one religion to another as the same God is behind all religions.
But if conversion can make a person more spiritual and closer to God, that would be wholesome and God-worthy. If conversion can transform a person to be more good than good, that is the spirit of conversion.
But if conversion makes a person denounce his past religion or sect for the new religion or sect, that would be distasteful and will not be wholesome and pleasant for all sectors of society.
The ideal conversion is from bad to good, from darkness to light, from emptiness to fulfillment, from wanting to contentment, from not knowing to knowing, from having no life to having more of life. Religion may not be the only determinant or be involved.
There is really that much more to conversion than we know or care to know.
In the mission of Lord Bo Tien, the purpose is to make all realize the oneness of religions and to make a follower of a religion that more spiritually better than before. That is the most ideal type of conversion but not all will concur.
A Buddhist will be a better Buddhist. There is no need to jump ship, but just a more complete understanding of the same inner truth behind the religion he or she is in.
There is absolutely nothing wrong in jumping ship, so long as the person is happy and end up better motivated and closer not only to God but to all men around him, even those who are of religions other than his own.
Conversion must inject awe and bring more wows. It must not create any woe to society and to men.
The Mission of Heaven of which Lord Bo Tien is messenger is directed at the conversion of the person to be a better adherent of his or her existing religion through the grasp of the same basic inner truth behind all religions.
He or she knows his or her religion better and learns to appreciate other religions as well. How wholesome can this be!
There is really that much more to conversion than we know or care to know.
In the mission of Lord Bo Tien, the purpose is to make all realize the oneness of religions and to make a follower of a religion that more spiritually better than before. That is the most ideal type of conversion but not all will concur.
A Buddhist will be a better Buddhist. There is no need to jump ship, but just a more complete understanding of the same inner truth behind the religion he or she is in.
There is absolutely nothing wrong in jumping ship, so long as the person is happy and end up better motivated and closer not only to God but to all men around him, even those who are of religions other than his own.
The end result or outcome must invariably involve the person's conversion to a better and more complete grasp, understanding and appreciation of all religions and sects.
Conversion must inject awe and bring more wows. It must not create any woe to society and to men.
The Mission of Heaven of which Lord Bo Tien is messenger is directed at the conversion of the person to be a better adherent of his or her existing religion through the grasp of the same basic inner truth behind all religions.
He or she knows his or her religion better and learns to appreciate other religions as well. How wholesome can this be!
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