Savitri Devi on Christianity.
"The great difference between creedal and non-creedal
religions lies in the fact that, while the principle of unity and
the sense of brotherhood are to be found, among the followers of a
creedal religion, in commonness of belief, (and not
necessarily of culture and civilisation) that principle of unity
and that sense of brotherhood are to be found, among the followers
of a non-creedal religion, in commonness of culture and of
civilisation, (and not necessarily of belief)."
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"An Englishman may certainly love his England. But
if he is a Christian, he must be feeling that Palestine, where his
Lord was born, and preached,
and died, is still more holy than England can ever
be. If he would go on a religious pilgrimage, it would be to
Jerusalem, outside England, not to any place in England. The same
with a Frenchman, or any modern European. But just as an ancient
Greek used to have his sacred places in Greece, a modern
Hindu has still his sacred places within the boundaries of his
motherland. Wherever he may go on a pilgrimage, may it be to
Benares, to Mathura, to Gangotri or to Rameswaram, he will remain
in India, in contact with his own soil. An Indian Mohammadan
has to look abroad, to the most sacred spots on earth. So has an
Indian Christian. A Hindu enjoys the privilege of regarding his own
India, not only as the most beloved or as the most beautiful, but
also as the most holy Land on earth."
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"No doubt, the Christian nations of Europe are full
of patriotic pride. No doubt also, the spirit of war is not what is
lacking in them. Yet, they are supposed to be Christian.
But they are not Christian, in spirit.
Christianity is a creed for the uplift of individuals; not a
civilisation upon which nations can be built. No nation built upon
real Christian doctrine could live, in the midst of historical
conditions. It is in collaboration with Christian Churches,
that are organisations of this world, and not with Christianity,
which is spiritual, that the so-called Christian nations have
thrived. And their whole history is in flagrant contradiction with
the spirit of Christianity.
Not merely Christianity, but any religion which is
based upon a creed, supposed to be “truth” for all men, is in
conflict with nationalism.
Greeks are Christians, and so are Bulgarians. They
even belong to the same Church. And Christians are supposed to love
one another. Yet, if war breaks out between Greece and Bulgaria,
the Greek Christian priests will bless the arms which are to carry
death among the Bulgarians, and the Bulgarian Christian priests
will also bless the arms which are to kill the Greeks. French and
Germans are also Christians. Yet, if war breaks out between them,
each nation will pray to the same God — a God of love — for its
victory
over the other..."
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" Nothing is more inconsistent,
because they are supposed to be Christian nations. Had they not
been so, nothing would have been more natural. But Christianity
itself is not natural. And the growth of Europe, with different
Church-civilisations at its background, has taken place inspite
of Christianity, not according to Christianity.
Any Christian who feels himself nearer to an
Atheist of his own country than to a Christian from a foreign land,
is not a real Christian. Nay, any follower of a creedal
religion who is a nationalist at the same time, is utterly
inconsistent. One cannot serve two masters. One cannot put God
first, and also one’s Nation first . . . unless the religion
he professes is of such a type, that Nation and God can be taken as
the same. This is not the case with Christianity and Islam. But
this is the case with Hinduism. Therefore, it can be said that
Hinduism is not only the religion which has developed in
India, and which gives a living illustration of India’s unity in
variety. It is also the religion which, owing to its very outlook,
to its very tenets, gives India the basis of a consistent
nationalism, entirely in harmony with the spirit of its cult."
^^^^^ Massive Redpill.
