[Buddha-l] Historical vs Psychological Religious Narratives

[jkirk]

…..The Abrahamic religions are all centrally concerned with 

Heilsgeschichte, the history of the inbreaking of the divine into the 

world. Christianity adds another dimension of historical concern, since 

it must focus on the physical incarnation of the divine in the human. 

For the central Christian dogma that Christ has redeemed the world to 

be valid, this remarkable narrative, in my own view, not just "should" 

but MUST have historical validity……….

 

Franz

“…but if ye have not faith….”  Historical validity is a MUST based on the
sine qua non of Christianity: faith.  You MUST believe, and in order to
believe you MUST have faith-- in order to be saved. 

Buddhist pragmatism (with some varietal exceptions perhaps) doesn’t take
this stand, far as I know anyway.  

 

Joanna

 


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