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educational programs for
millions of :children in the
developing Countries of
our world. ,
The message of 1979 —
the International Year of
the Child — was that
children are the 'World's
nost„Predious resource.
The people of Ontario
should be proud to know
that in 1979, as every
year, their support of
UNICEF hag' helped
bring a brighter futtire to
many of the world's
children.
Sincerely yours,
Maggie Smiley,
Provincial Chairman,
Ontario UNICEF
• Com_mittee-
Silent
Dear Editor,
Have you ever won-
dered why, in these days
when good government
seems so difficult to
attain, the religions of
Canada.and other nations
professing Christianity
• have been so -silent about
the ideal, government
prophesied in Scripture'?
(Roman) Catholic
translations tell about -it,
particularly at Isaiah
9:6,7. The DOUAY
version, available in
• English since 1609, puts it
this way: "For a CHILD
IS BORN to us, and a son
is given to us, and the
•-7-"•'---GtFVERNMENT snail be --
upon his shoulder... and
there shall be no end of
peace..."
The New Atherican
Bible"For a child is
born to us, a son is given
- Upon -his. 'shoulder.
DOMINION rests... His
DOMINION is vast and
forever peaceful.."
And The WAY: •'For
unto. us a Child is,,born,
born,
and the GOVERNMENT
shall be upon his
shoulder.. .His ever-
expanding GOVERN-
MENT will never end .:.
He will bring true justice
and peace to all the
nations of the world."
The Authorized (King ,
James) version,'
available in English since
1611 says: "For unto us a
child is born, unto us a
son is given; and the..
GOVERNMENT shall be
upon his shoulder... of the
increase of his
GOVERNMENT and
peace there shall be no
end..."
, Even the Revised
Standard version states:
"...the GOVERNMENT
will be upon his
shoulder...Of the increase
of his GOVERNMENT
and of peace there will be
noend." '
And the .Arherican,
Standard version
(copyrighted in 1929 by
the International Council
of Religious Education to
insure the purity of the
text) says: "For•unto us a
child is born, unto us a
son is given; and the
GOVERNMENT shall be
upon his shoulder...Of the
increase of his
GOVERNMENT And of
peace there shall be no
end... The zeal of Jehovah
of. -Hosts will perform
this."
World conditions would
seem to. indicate that the
operation of such a
government is a crying
need, and Jesus indicated
that when there was upon
the earth distress of
nations in perplexity and
tnen's hearts failing them
for fear of -what seems to
be corning upon the earth,
Christians. would ,be
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Government, would soon
take over.
Accurate knowledge
concerning that Kingdom
government „today will
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courage to 'face the future
confidently with,. sure
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Sincerely yours,
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Share thoughts
Dear Editor,
Last week in this
column thereappeared a
letter signed by the
Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is sharing some of
their thoughts on "World
Religion Day".
1 would like to take this
opportunity to share
some thoughts about that
letter.
• The comments which
follow herein do not result
from "prejudice born of
pride" but rather from
the love taught by Jesus
Christ and shared by His
disciples.
One of the themes of
that article ' was "the
Oneness of God." An
examination of some of
the basic tenets of major
world "religions" reveals
anything but a
"ortenesS".
Consider the following: •
• Christianity affirms the
facts of the deity, death
---an d-lresui lui
Christ as the heart of its
message. .
,Islam denies the deity
• and resurrection of
• Christ. The god of Islam,
"Allah", is revealled by
Mohammed in the Koran..
Mohammed, urlike
Jesus, -but like Buddha
did not claim' to be god. •
, Buddha taught. that
man's -ultimate goal is
nirvana or extinction of
desire. Not only did
Buddha not claim to be
God, he declared himself
agnostic about the whole
question of whether or not
Gdd even existed!
In further contrast to
the above mentioned
religions, Hinduism is
even more different.
Pantheistic in nature,
Hindus believe that God
and the universe are
„identical.
The God of the Jews
also differs from each of
the previously mentioned
groups. While the God of
•
6
ITOR
the Jews is closest to the
Christian God, the Jews
would not admit that
their God was the Father
of Jesus Christ'.
Jesus said to the Jews,
"If God were your
Fath6r,you would. love -
me for I proceeded and
came forth from God."
- Yes, my friends, there
is indeed one God, 'but a
oneness of • •God in all
religions? I believe not.
Furthermore, sim nal
difficulties arise when
one speaks of the
"onene$s' of
Reveallers". In addition
to concepts previously
mentioned which reveal
dissimilarities, consider
the following:
To include Jesus -Christ -
as just one of the
'Reveal lers' of God and to
-speak of. the "Essential
oneness . of His
Reveallers" is to ignore
what Jesus said of
himself, viz., "I and the
Father (God) are one"
and further, "He Who has
seen me has seen the
Father".
Jesus is God! To deny
this fact and yet to in-
clude Jesus Christ as a
"Revealler" is, fur-
thermore, contradictory.
Presumably the term
"Revealler" describes
someone who points us to
J
God, someone worthy of
respect and reverence.
It Jesus is not God, He
• is a liar and,_herefore,
hardly a person to be
• respected.
No, Jesus does not give
us the option of referring
to Him as' a "Revealler"
(or' as others clairn, a
great teacher). Jesus is
God or He'i nothing!
The Search for Truth is
a quest referred to in
much of the world's
literature. The article
under discussion
suggests that "Truth is
One Point".
I agree with this
statement, but probably
in a manner different
from that of the Bahals.
Again; ;Jeius--C-hrist-
the person who -gives us
the statement which all
, people must evaluate.
Jesus said, "I am the
Truth" and "if you
continue in my word, you
are truly my disciples
and you will know the
truth and the truth will
make you free."
The question with
which we all mut reckon
is that posed by Tesus, in
love to a man and to
mankind, viz. "Who do
you say that I am?"
• LISTEN' to Jesus as He
saSis,
"Come to me, all who
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are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
• "Follow me.
"It is I. Do not be
afraid. -
"I am the Bread of
Life.
"My teaching is not my
own. It comes from Him
- who- sent 'me.
"All authority in
heaven and -on earth has
been given to me '
"I am the light of the
world
"I am the Way, -the
Truth, and the Life; no
one comes to the Father
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"And surely I will be
GODERICH SI GNAtio-STAR,
with you always, to the
very end of the age.
Listen to Jesus as He
asks you, "Who do you
say that I am?"
Listen to Jesus as He
calls you "Follow me."
Sincerely yours, -
One of His,
C.R. Rittinger
•
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