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"Imagin8r" <imagin8r> wrote:

 

Russian Archbishop calls Lord Krishna 'Satan'

 

UK Bureau

 

London, December 6, 2005

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_1566453,00430005.htm

Hindus are shocked and outraged to read the views of the Russian

Orthodox Church on Lord Krishna, who is revered by over one billion

Hindus worldwide as the Supreme Lord, said an ISCKON press statement.

 

According to it, in a letter to the Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov,

dated November 29, 2005, the Archbishop Nikon of Ufa and Sterlitamak

from the Russian Orthodox Church called Lord Krishna "an evil demon,

the personified power of hell opposing God", and "a livid lascivious

youth".

 

The Archbishop further requested the Mayor to ban construction of the

proposed Krishna temple in Moscow saying it would otherwise

become "an idolatrous disgrace erected for the glory of wicked and

malicious 'god' Krishna".

 

"Construction of the temple (a satanic obscenity destined to be built

right in the heart of the Orthodox Christian country of Russia) to

Krishna offends our religious feelings and insults the thousand-year

religious culture of Russia where the overwhelming majority of

people, Christians and Muslims including, consider Krishna an evil

demon, the personified power of hell opposing God", said the

Archbishops letter.

 

"The shower of offences that Archbishop Nikon decided to publicly

pour on Lord Krishna caused us intolerable pain and evoked bitterness

and indignation in our hearts," said Sanjeet K. Jha, the president of

the Association of Indians in Russia.

 

Aside from displaying stunning ignorance of the world's oldest

religion, it is also evident from the statement that the Russian

Orthodox Church is still embedded in the dark ages of religious

exclusivity, which has no place in today's increasingly pluralistic

society.

 

To call Lord Krishna 'satanic' is not only sacrilegious in the eyes

of Hindus; it is also patently ridiculous as any student of Hinduism

knows; for Krishna is famous as the slayer of demons, Bhagavad-Gita

(4.7-8).

 

In contrast to the Russian Orthodox Church's stance, Hindus respect

Jesus Christ, who is predicted in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu

scriptures, as a specifically empowered personality.

 

"We respect all religions", said Bimal Krishna das, General Secretary

of the National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) and the Russian

Orthodox Church has nothing to fear from Hindus. "We think the

Archbishop may gain some fresh insights into his own Christian faith

by reading Krishna's words in the Bhagavad-Gita," he said.

 

 

 

 

--- End forwarded message ---

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