Do Christianity and Hinduism both have equatable Trinities?

Question

I relate the below paste to God the Father being Bramha, both being creators. I see Jesus being similar to Vishnu (who ironically was also named Krishna in a latter incarnation) as they are both preservers of types. And finally I see the Holy Spirit as being Shiva in that they destroy once was, giving room for new birth.

"Brahma (not to be confused with the over-arching Bramh) is that reality in its role as creator of the universe; in Vishnu it is seen as the preserver and the upholder of the universe; and Shiva is that same reality viewed as the principle of transcendence which will one day 'destroy' the universe. These are the Trimurti, the ' three forms,' and they are not so much different gods as different ways of looking at the same God."


http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Symbolism_in_Hinduism.htm

chrstnwrtr, I don't think you read the details very carefully. First study Hinduism before making such hasty generalizations.

ericbrame, I could also encourage you to be careful, phariseeism can be contagious.

Microevoluti..., i think you have your details confused. Brahma, is one of the three major aspects to God, God the creator. Maybe you are confusing this with Bramh which is the formless overaching supreme reality.

rashid_6mehmood, you need to learn how to deliniate between an aspect of God (with the essence of God) and God as the whole. Maybe your indentify more closely with Bramh. Research it yourself and understand them from an opinion.

stronzo5785, If God can do anything God can certainly incarnate within an avatar. You might argue who those avatars are but to believe anything less would be to make God impotent.

gasp, it's obvious there are interpretive differences within the Hindu Community.

Answer 1

their is only one creator .
and a million interpretations of who is it doesn't matter what spirit you pray to the world is praying to the same one the great spirit just has many names depending on were you cam from and the language you speak. the spirit of this greatness is in us all. and his true name is I am and when you say I am it means you have his spirit with in you.

Answer 2

Both have trinities, but it takes a big stretch of the imagination to equate them. I think you should spend your time more productively than on such stuff as this. What point are you trying to make? There are many gods in Hinduism, and you need to study more about them. How do Kali and Yama fit into your half-baked system? How is Vishnu's incarnation Krishna ironic? I can form a theory about your devious purpose, but who really cares?

Answer 3

Hinduism is the only mainstream faith that accepts that a detrimental stress exists interior the universe. The Hindu universe is controlled by using the Trimurti or the Hindu Trinity, comprising Brahma - the writer; Vishnu - the Preserver; and Shiva - the Destroyer. Its an countless cycle or delivery->death->rebirth. This detrimental stress isn't seen as evil - its part of existence. All residing organisms might desire to perish ultimately in some way. The suffering led to by using this occurrence is many times what's referred by using mankind as "evil" ingredient. in spite of the shown fact that a pragmatist will settle for this as being consequential part of existence. in spite of the shown fact that its significant to understand that the physique loses its identification devoid of the soul(Athman) however the soul does not lose its identification.

Answer 4

Not at all. The Christian concept is three faces of the same god. Whereas Hinduism consists of three separate gods whose qualities attempt to explain the different facets of Brahman(Ultimate Reality). Brahman is not a god or a person.

Brahma = Creator god
Vishnu = Protector god
Shiva = Destroyer god

When one has experienced thousands of reincarnations and is close to Nirvana, it is realized that no gods exist, and Hinduism becomes a philosophy.

Answer 5

no there is only Vishnu ,Jesus was an incarnation of Vishnu.lord Vishnu is the self on which everything is superimposed,Brahma and Shiva come out of Vishnu who is the only real,who is existence itself(the sat chit ananda Brahman) there have been many incarnation of Vishnu in this age Krishna being the greatest incarnation

Answer 6

This idea has been around since the days of the early church, and has come to be called modalism. It discounts one important truth about God: that He is omnipresent. The human mind can't get its arms around the fact that God knows all and is everywhere at the same time.

The Hindu deities inhabit locations in time, therefore can't truly be onmipresent. The God taught in the Bible (one God) was present and is present in all time-frames simultaneously. This discounts all but the most superficial of parallels between the Hindu pantheon and the Trinity.

Answer 7

Well. Brahman is supposed to be God.
It can almost be said that the 3 main ones below him are not really gods perse.

The Christian trinity isn't exactly the same unless one is asserting a Modalist view.

Answer 8

Yes, they both have trinities...but hardly equatable. The God of the Bible is the true God of universal supremacy. You need to check out a great resource that clears up all the issues of varying religions...sure has helped me. It's a video series called "Total Onslaught" and you can see video clips or order the set online at http://www.amazingdiscoveries.org

Answer 9

if u take a good look at all religions they are all like christianity in that they have a god and then a someone like jesus. people choose a relgion either by family or their morals.

Answer 10

Yes. You're correct. They're not different Gods, just different aspects of God.