Here's a really interesting article from the Boston Globe about Asian Christians during the Dark Ages. There's a lot in there I never knew about, and it's worth reading all the way to the end. I am surprised again and again at how what we take for the true Christian message has been distorted and re-interpreted and re-packaged and forgotten so many times. That shouldn't surprise me, but it really does. And it reminds me again how incredibly solipsistic we are to think that our interpretation of the holy scriptures is the "right" one. I am not a relativist when it comes to religion. I do not believe all interpretations are equal, and there are some that are downright silly, and others that are evil (Jim Jones comes to mind). But it is equally wrong to assume that we have a corner on God.
Here is an image of the lotus-cross mentioned in the article.
