Comparison between Christianity and Hinduism

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Comparison between Christianity and Hinduism
Hinduism is a religious belief that incorporates diversity of perception and practice that is why
making a comparison between Christianity and Hinduism is a challenging role. It would be an
injustice to diminish the scope of theology as well as philosophy of Hinduism to create a definite
window of comparison with Christianity. Hence, in this essay, the comparison will be confined
between Christianity and those specific tenets of Hinduism that are invariably followed by
Hindus all around the world. The primary difference between the two religions, Hinduism and
Christianity is that Hinduism accepts Christianity as a valid philosophy on the contrary the Bible
does not accept Hinduism and considered Hindus as pagan. This implies that the Bible considers
Hindus to be ignorant and illiterate about the virtues of God and a group of people who needs the
blessing and enlightenment of Jesus Christ. Hence, it is evident that the basic difference between
the two religions is in the advocacy of tolerance. The level of tolerance is high for the Hinduism
where as it is not for Christianity. The philosophy that leaves the Hindus towards tolerance is the
teaching that all religions in this world are actually heading towards the same objective, in spite
of following different parts. We will all meet at one common point, which is the foot of God at
some time or the other. Hinduism is not an exclusive fate and considered as any form of religion
or religious philosophy to be valid. This is different from Christianity which features that Christ
is the only embodiment of God for the earthly folk. This means that Hinduism will allow a Hindu
to bow down before Jesus Christ. On the contrary Christian will not be allowed by his scriptures
to pray before Vishnu. In John 14:6, it is said that Jesus had answer that “I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.”
In this context, researchers like Brockington (2016), have strongly argued that it is impossible
that these two religions which have mutually exclusive doctrines and by far which do not have

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any similarity between the religious philosophies and principles to be equally valid. this implies
that it might be so that both of them are valid but they will never consider them to be mutually
valid. Again in this context, famous philosophers like Einolf (2017), have contemplated that
where there is contradiction, there is error also. In this context, it will be right to say that might
be Christ was wrong or he was right when he commanded that he was the only parts to the father,
which is the great god. Forrester (2017), is not ready to call this spiritual elitism, it is rather
arithmetic.
Comparison between the Christianity and Hinduism as well as the contemporary faiths practiced
by the people pertaining to both legions reveal some ancient practices that show some similarity
in them. Firstly it is evident that in all the ancient religions, including Hinduism we find the
common objectives like reparation for The Sins committed by human. In order to mitigate the
Wrath of the god in the ancient past, the human generally practiced the policy of sacrificing. In
case of Hinduism or Judaism the common fate of sacrificing and animal was prevalent in ancient
times. In this context it is evident that the theologies of both Hinduism as well as Judaism
reached the divine Commandment of righteousness. In case if any individual fails to comply with
the divine Commandment, here or she has to provide some penalty. This ancient instrument of
making any reparation for the miss doing or crime leaves us to suggest that Romans 2:14-15 is
correct in saying that “indeed when gentiles who do not have the law, do by nature things
required by the law Pitman (2016), they show that the requirements of the law are written on
their heart, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, not even
defending them”.
The culmination of such sacrifices for commitment of sin is also prevalent in Christian faith. In
anyway all human beings have committed something which they know to be wrong. Both the