I have been trying to understand different doctrines lately and do a comparative study. Just wanted to share some of my observations.
Feel free to share your comments and observations.
Feel free to share your comments and observations.
Hinduism
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Christianity
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Brahma/God is unknowable
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God is love
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Sin does not exist; good and evil exist in the mind; there is no duality.
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Man is basically sinful – which is the cause of all evil in this world.
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God is inside man.
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Man’s sin has alienated man from God.
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Yoga/meditation/mystic practices are used to reach the God-head within oneself.
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God’s forgiveness and purification through Jesus’s death (for man’s sins) unites man to God.
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Self-realization is the highest goal.
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Love is the highest virtue.
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Moksha/salvation/heaven is attained through certain practices like meditation and doing other good deeds – man can work out his own salvation.
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Man is incapable of coming out of his sin. He desperately needs God’s grace and mercy to be united back to God (or saved).
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There is no one truth or one way. All roads lead to God.
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There is only one truth and one way – which is repentance for sins and acceptance of the gift of grace through Jesus.
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Reincarnation based on karma – this means that the soul can have many lifes through rebirths.
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Man has only one life.
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Idols can be used to worship God.
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Idols cannot be used. One should worship in spirit and truth.
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