christians and hindus both believe in God so why must christians be so intolerant towards?

Question

Hindus and other christians? they are being intoelrant by telling them Hinduism is wrong and thier religion is right because they have Jesus or thier experience was better.

Answer 1

I am not going to judge anyone on wrong or right, that is not my "job" - that job belongs to God. Best wishes and prayers!

Answer 2

Believing that your religion is correct isn't intolerant. However, the attitude with which you convey that can be. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that the only way to heaven is to believe and have faith in Him. There is nothing wrong with feeling that your faith is the correct one or the only true one for that matter. It would be a real waste of time to follow a religion which does not believe it is the correct one.
That being said, Christians should approach others who do not believe with love and respect. If someone does not treat you this way, you should be suspicious as to whether they are a true follower of Christ and not simply a Christian by heredity, through their upbringing but who doesn't practice their faith.

Answer 3

I have often wondered why some Christians are intolerant. I won't say all Christians because that would be a lie. Not all Christians are intolerant. Still, Hindus believe in one God that can be called by any name (because God is ultimately beyond all names) and Christians believe in one God that they just happen to give the name Jesus to. Most Christians condemn other religions without really knowing anything about it. You can read the other answers to this question to realize how little most Christians actually know about Hinduism. Most think Hinduism is polytheistic and equate it with Paganism...yet Paganism and Hinduism are completely different religions. Hinduism is in fact monotheistic. Christians are monotheistic, too. Scholars say that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are exclusive monotheism. That is, that their religion, their God is the only real, true God and real true religion. Hinduism is inclusive monotheism. What this means is that Hindus believe there is one God, but that all other religions call God by a different name (and even within Hinduism the individual connects to God by a name). "There is only one God, though humanity calls It by many different names." Rig Veda 1:164.46 "What I am is utterly beyond your mind's full ability to comprehend, therefore call upon me by whatever name you desire and worship me in whatever form you find pleasing. I promise that by whatever name you call upon me I shall hear you, by whatever form you send your worship to me I shall receive it." Tripura Rahasya. The major difference between Christianity and Hinduism is that Christians believe that creation and the universe are seperate from God while Hindus believe that creation and the universe were manifested from God (thus everything retains the divine spark...is an extension of God) and yet God also pervades the manifested in an unmanifested state as well.

Many of the intolerant Christians are, just as you said, not only intolerant of other religions, but also other Christians. They claim to be "true Christians", thus declaring that other Christians are therefore "false Christians". They are basically saying that other Christians interpretations, understandings, and experiences are invalid. Only their interpretations, understandings, and experiences are valid. Again, though, I want to stress that not all Christians are intolerant. There are many, many very tolerant Christians and many Christians who take the time to learn and understand the many beliefs and religions practiced by other people and show respect for all the varied beliefs and religions. They still consider it their role to "save" others, but their approach is different. They take the time to learn, understand, and respect other people's beliefs rather than spreading misinformation or misunderstandings (afterall, how can you change someone's beliefs if you don't fully understand everything they actually believe). And Christians seem to forget about all the symbolism in religion. They consider Hindus idol worshippers and Christians believe that Hindus actually worship the images and think that those images are gods and that somehow all those different images are different gods and goddesses (they obviously haven't read any of the Hindu sacred texts that state clearly that there is one God). They miss the idea that those images are symbols and within the images are even more symbols. Christians don't worship the cross as God, it is just a symbol. They seem to forget that there are some in the world who hear about communion and think that Christians are cannibals (Jesus takes the cup of wine and says "drink for this is my blood" then takes the bread and says "eat this for it is my body"). Well if all you've been told is that Christians drink the blood and eat the body of their god, if you didn't understand the symbolic meaning of it it is easy to think "cannibal!", but this isn't true at all. It's just a misunderstanding of symbolism. Most Christians do that a lot with Hinduism. They total miss the symbolism. And Christians aren't alone. Hinduism is probably the one religion in the world that is misunderstood and has plenty of misinformation being spread by other religions about it. And yet, Hindus remain tolerant of other religions and view them as just another perspective on God. I think the tolerant Christians are sometimes more effective in two ways 1) those that they do not convert to Christianity atleast receive a very positive and respectful view of Christianity and 2) they can more closely relate to the very people they are trying to convert and can then make more positive points. I say this because before I converted to Hinduism I was a Christian missionary (that was from one of those intolerant denominations of Christianity and that was their approach to other religions).

Great question.

Answer 4

if i may, a story. a master left His house on a journey one day and he left many to care for all his possesions and his family. while away some of the servents grew tired and lazy, while some grew stern and harsh, some even grew violent twords the other servents and there were many divisions very little work was done and by the time the master returned the house was in shambles from not only lack of care but also fighting amonst the servents what shall the master do when he returns, He will surely discipline all the useless servents that disobeyed. each to his own sin. Be a faithful servant and watch.. the master is at hand.

Answer 5

Hinduism and Christianity do not worship or believe in the same God. Hinduism believe in 3 deities. Christians believe in One God.

Answer 6

The Chritians belived in ONE god. The Hindus believe in many and are prepared to accept the idea of the Christian god as well. The Chritians are not so understanding, they can't handle the idea of more than one god, all the hindus have to do is add to the list. (No offense hindus)

Answer 7

Being extra up Christian and switched over to Orthodox Judaism at 23, i'm able to respond to this question from a "Christian's attitude..." i replaced into under no circumstances a believer and that i had requested such diverse Christian's this question, and the purely remotely useful answer replaced into from an agnostic that replaced into born and raised Catholic. "The Trinity" is like an egg. The yolk is Jesus, the egg white is the Holy Spirit, and the shell being the daddy. All 3 are area of one component an egg "a crock of egg" as a remember of incontrovertible truth that maximum Christians were scared to lack of existence when you consider that they were little ones that in case you do not trust that Jesus is your "Lord and Savior" or the "Son of God" you'll bypass to hell, no remember how tremendous of someone you're. They tried this on me yet I did some analyze and realized... he replaced into no longer the Messiah, and that the Christian's Holy Bible has had over 10,000 transformations made to it. i wish this has helped clean issues up from what's extremely occurring of their head.

Answer 8

I am a christian. Those who say other religions are wrong! are no better then murderers. They are sinners and they contradict what the Bible teaches. The Word of God says 'DO NOT JUDGE THY NEIGHBOUR.'

Not your next door neighbour, but the world neighbour. That is everyone. Do not force religion on someone or tell them their religion is wrong. Rather pray that they see truth. Don't be judgemental.

I hope I helped. In Jesus name. Amen

Answer 9

I am a Christian and this I believe..... God created the Heavens and earth. He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ , to die for our sins so we may spend eternity in Heaven. If that is what Hindus believe, ok. This is the only true way, I believe.

Answer 10

First of all get it right...Hindus believe in different gods and Christians believe in one God. Jesus Christ is the son of God, and believing in him is also believing in God the father.

Answer 11

Do you even know what you're talking about? Hindus believe in a multitude of gods. They are, in the strictest sense, pagans. Christians don't like pagans, except when torches get scarce.