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Farquhar, though saw some amount of truth in non-Christian religions, yet he denounced some elements that
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Fulfillment School has also been discussed, with praise and / or censor, by many writers on philosophy or theology of religion, including Gavin D'Costa, Jacques Dupuis, John Hick, David Marshall, Ivan Satyavrata, James Sharpe, and James Thrower: Satyavrata and Sharpe provide extended
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If all religions are human, and yet men can in the long run hold only
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analyses. Farquhar is often taken as a leading representative of the
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satisfactory relationship between Hinduism and Christianity, rather than of mere exclusion, he gradually worked out his idea of "I came not to destroy but to fulfill."(Mathew 5:17)
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