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So why not start an authoritative group of Christians who chant Hare Krsna, who study the Bible and read the Bhagavad-gita?

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"So why not start an authoritative group of Christians who chant Hare Krsna, who study the Bible and read the Bhagavad-gita"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

We are all Christians.
Conversation with Devotees on Theology -- April 1, 1975, Mayapur:

Ravīndra-svarūpa: So why not start an authoritative group of Christians who chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, who study the Bible and read the Bhagavad-gītā?

Acyutānanda: We are.

Prabhupāda: We are all Christians.

Acyutānanda: Here we are.

Pañcadraviḍa: We already are Christians.

Ravīndra-svarūpa: But they are seeing us... They don't accept that, though. If somebody was calling themselves Christians...

Prabhupāda: That... It is not possible that everyone will accept you. That is not possible.

Pañcadraviḍa: They... The Christians on the street, they don't accept because they say, "You have not accepted Christ." I say, "I am following all Christ's teachings." They say, "Well, you haven't been baptized. If you're following all the principles, why not be baptized?"

Ravīndra-svarūpa: I was baptized.

Prajāpati: But this is a... This group of Christians you meet on the street that are fundamentalists following the Bible are very different group from the big Harvard scholars. The theologians that we're concerned with are those that are actually influencing millions of people by their rascaldom.

Page Title:So why not start an authoritative group of Christians who chant Hare Krsna, who study the Bible and read the Bhagavad-gita?
Compiler:Marc, Rishab
Created:29 of Jul, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1