hinduism has give yoga,meditations ,pranayam,gita,hare krishna,ayurveda,vedas to the world even lord buddha was himself a hindu(siddhartha) and hinduism has a golden past of more than 7500 years.in its contrast we have christianity is 2000 years old and it has given only the holy bible to the world. and hindus are half in number as compairing to christians
2006-07-20 17:58:53 · 24 answers · asked by sexy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nobody can compare religions, but yes i do think u r right to a certain extent, its the region where hinduism began, civilization came early, and they were having abundant resources and climatic conditions to come up with yoga, vedas etc.All this is not hinduism, its the hindus who worked on the ethics mentioned in their holy books.Other than that, bible emerged in a chaotic situation, demograhically also not pleasant for emergence, and their motive was to spread the religion.Hindus never tried to spread the religion, just enriched it more with their contributions.
2006-07-20 18:09:50 · answer #1 · answered by natasha 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism as seen now is not what it is supposed to be- just like all other religions I suppose.
More importantly the word "Hindu" is a corrupted form of "Indus" which indicated people living in the land of the river Indus. Thus Hindus are not a religious entitiy but a geographical one- its a way of life and not a way to believe things.
About the oft mentioned millions of Gods that are worshipped in India- It is understood that what is called the creator is embodied in nature itself- i.e. something that is Omnipresent has to be present in every speck of dust also. So if u worship the divine u have to worship every speck of dust with the same sincerity and devotion if your worship/emotion is true.
The true teachings of the above mentioned land are the greatest source of wisdom on earth even to this day- the history we study has been twisted around by the British to force feed the people with their artificial superiority. When the Indian civilization was at its peek and glory the Europeans (and Christians) had just started learning how to live in societies- i.e were just better than savages.
2006-07-21 01:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by Siddarth G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way, no how. Not everyone calling themselves Christian will be saved by any means. The bible says "few will be on the path, and few find it." Also, if you want quality, then how about the "fruits of the spirit?" Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous it does not brag, does not get puffed up. 5. does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, It does not keep account of the injury, it does not become provoked, but rejoices with the truth. 7. It bears all things, believes all things, all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
8. Love never fails."
There are a ton of others like this in the Bible, so what does Hinduism have that Christianity doesn't? Nothing.
Also Hinduism worships 660,000,000 Gods (that's six hundred-sixty million Gods) one for every aspect of nature) that's alot of idols.
Yeah, have fun with that.
2006-07-21 01:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you're romanticizing hinduisim just a bit. Hinduism as we know now know it was not always so "consolidated" so to speak. Hinduism does not have a clearly defineable leader, and therefore it is not a historic religion, it's more like a series of teachings. There's more of an "anything goes" approach. Christianity deals with absolutes, and hinduism is much more open. So I would say just the opposite.
2006-07-21 01:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Mojo Rising 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, that's interesting. I think if it's true, it may stem from the fact that Christians often do not believe there is much human beings can do on their own to improve. They see themselves as sinners who are hopeless without the grace of God. Once they are saved, it often seems like the only thing left to do is go out and try to save other people. In Hinduism, however, one can do many things to become a better person, and many spiritual paths are appreciated, so there is not this drive to convert everyone.
2006-07-21 01:02:12 · answer #5 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have worked for years as a quality control inspector for the Hindu religion, and yes we are very particular about the type of person we let in. We go for quality not quanity.
2006-07-21 01:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both religion are for quality.
Both religion aims for everlasting peace ....
Hinduism believes in reincarnation .. enlightenment .. In Christianity we do believe in everlasting life after death .. Both aims for enligthenment too ...
Christianity has given love and forgiveness to the World ... Love thy enemies ..
Its not about the past (7500 years = quantity) Its about everlasting happiness ...
God bless
2006-07-21 01:19:51 · answer #7 · answered by hustle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares, in the long run? If a deity exists, it's probably both amused and horrified at us down here, all fighting over stuff that can never be proven and seeing ourselves as so superior over others who don't think the way that we do.
2006-07-21 01:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by Ally 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The evidence would suggest that it is the other way around... :)
No offense meant.
I respect the sincerity of many Hindus and their desire to seek and find God...
Having said that ...
Hinduism has millions and millions of gods (14 million or more)... and these gods are constantly squabbling among themselves (based on Hindu scriptures and related writings)... and many of these gods cheat each other, and have affairs with the wives of humans etc...
And in some of the stories the gods are fighting against each other, and they hae to come and ask help of individual gurus (human teachers) to help one collection of the gods defeat another collection of the gods... And the human (finite, limited) guru turns out to be more powerful than all of these gods combined...
These above would not indicate quality of God at all (would they?)
Even the greatest Hindu Epics the Ramayana and the Mahabaratha have their gods being unloving and unkind... The God Rama mistreats his wife in the Ramayana, and ultimately she either leaves him or commits suicide (depending on which version you read)..
Vedic Hinduism is not 7500 years old... One could argue that the ancient polytheism (local Dravidian gods) date back to about 1500 to 2000 BC... If you have solid archaeological evidence that those religions date to earlier than 1500 BC or 2000 BC, I would be very interested in such evidence.
However the ancient Dravidian polytheism is not really Vedic Hindusm... Vedic Hinduism was really an Aryan innovation which was imposed by force on the subjugated Dravidians, and dates if I recall correctly back to about 1500 BC. I would have to check the dates.
Christianity on the other hand, dates back to the creation of human kind on earth -- and actually even before this, to the creation of the universe. The Christian God created our physical universe and humans for a specific purpose...
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The Christian God indicates that one reason why he created the Universe, was for life to exist, and for humans to exist.
Our Universe is His "art project"; that is why it is so incredibly beautiful. And our Universe is His "scientific and engineering" creation; that is why it is so full of science and engineering, and we are learning this as we crawl in his footsteps via mathematics, physics, cosmology and molecular biology.
Earth is boot-camp for humans to come into relationship with him, and then for our experiences to provide opportunities for us to grow.
We fulfill the purpose for which God created us when we choose to come into relationship with the Christian God (based on what Jesus did for us on the cross)... and then live in daily relationship with Him.
For a brief explanation of how to come into relationship with the God of the Universe, see http://www.godsci.org/gs/new/essence.html
Cordially,
John
2006-07-21 01:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, what's true is that Christianity is for the truth, and all other world religions are only systems of belief.
2006-07-21 01:02:54 · answer #10 · answered by You'll Never Outfox the Fox 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋