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Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
BOB:  No.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  Actually, one who is guided by Jesus Christ will certainly get liberation. But it is very hard to find a man who is actually being guided by Jesus Christ.
BOB:  What about the “Jesus freaks,” the young people that have joined the Jesus movement? They read the Bible very often, and they try to—
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  But violence is against the Bible’s injunctions. How can they kill if they are following the Bible?
BOB:  I asked one this, and he claimed that Jesus was also eating meat in the Bible.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  That’s all right. He may eat anything. He is powerful. But he has ordered, “Thou shalt not kill. You must stop killing.” He is powerful. He can eat the whole world. But you cannot compare to Jesus Christ. You cannot imitate Jesus Christ; you have to abide by his order. Then you are guided by Jesus Christ. That is actually obedience. That is explained in the  Bhāgavata . One who is  iśvara , who is empowered, can do anything, but we cannot imitate. We have to abide by his order: “What he says to me, that I will do.” You cannot imitate. You say that Jesus Christ ate meat. Admitting that, you do not know in what condition he ate meat. He is himself eating meat, but he is advising others not to kill. Do you think that Jesus Christ was contradicting himself?
BOB:  No.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  He cannot do that. That is real faith in him—that he cannot do that. So why has he eaten meat? He knows, but he has asked me not to kill. I have to follow. That is the real system. You are not Jesus Christ; you cannot imitate him. He has sacrificed his life for God. Can you