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I think it's pretty clear from my posts that Christian institutions are not a hot favourite with me for a number of reasons including the fact that they seem in the past to have frequently advocated suffering or at least fear as being a necessary prerequisite for spiritual progress - something which you seem to be advocating yourself by implying that women perhaps "deserved" being slaughtered. Now even if your statement is taken within the concept of Karma, this is a still a remarkably warped interpretation of what Buddhism is actually teaching - Karma and reincarnation cannot be understood in isolation without a simultaneous understanding of Buddhism's concepts of interdependence and emptiness. Without these as a basis, notions of Karma only go further in reinforcing the ego - something Christianity seems to have done very well over the past few centuries. And unfortunately second hand versions of Buddhist philosophies seem to be doing much the same.
Martinus may not have wanted his notions of "cosmology" turned into a cult, sect or religion - but it sure looks like that's the way it's being marketed now - I wonder whose agenda this is all serving? You said in your first point about Jesus and the Church being very different. Looks like an historical pattern might be repeating itself here, albeit on a much smaller scale. Should Martinus be turning in his grave now too?
By the way, if you cannot explain the reason for everything, or even for anything - how do you know that there even is a reason in the first place?
Ingrid



1. It is right that karma and reincarnation is the fundamental topic in Buddhism but it is also the fundamental topic in Hinduism, which is an older religion. Martinus said that his books are ment as a further explanation of what God has revealed to us in the past.

2. Do you mean that his cosmology is a second hand version of Buddhism because he writes about karma and reincarnation?

3. When it comes to marketing, of course it is.

4. What do you mean by "Looks like an historical pattern might be repeating itself here, albeit on a much smaller scale."?

5. My answer to your last question is: I donīt.