If your friends believe in such non-sense like gods with elephant heads, how do you convert them to Christians

Answer 1

well first of all this isnt about converting them to christian but to win their soul and save them from hell
its about changing their minds their behaviour and not a religion christianity isnt a religion but a way to follow god and built a relationship with him to walk a righteous life
even if one is a christian and doesnt walk the life we r meant to so you r not a true christian

well here are some ways you can help them
How do we witness to Hindus?

a. Make friends and visit neighbours

Look for opportunities for making friends. Doctors from India may feel isolated or have difficulties knowing how things operate. If whole families come to this country from India, then the wife is often at home all day alone with the children and may need friendship and assistance adjusting to a new culture. Help where you can and try to get into homes. It may be a long and slow process, but this is one of the most successful ways of bringing Hindus to the Lord. Women should visit women and men should visit men. We need to win their trust and demonstrate practical Christianity to them.

Invite your Hindu friends to special occasions such as children’s birthdays or anniversaries and use these opportunities to share the gospel. For example, before lighting the candles at a birthday, share something from the Bible, remembering to keep it brief. They will only come if they know you well.

b. Present the gospel in their language

Our local churches need to demonstrate a concern for the Hindus in their communities. If there is a large Asian community and they cannot speak English they need to hear the gospel in their own language. This can be done by having Christian literature in appropriate languages. Scripture Gift Mission produce tracts in and Kitab Oriental and Asian Booksellers produce many Christian books in several Asian languages (see resources section below). The church may consider including books in Asian languages in Christian bookshops or bookstalls at local events. If you have special services and there is a large group of Asians in your area you may wish to produce invitations in their language.

From time to time churches can have a bilingual service or an Asian evening. If necessary a weekly bi-lingual service can be commenced on a Sunday afternoon. This may mean that the church will have to employ an Asian worker. This work should be kept under the control of the church so that in the future integration will be easier. In addition, cassettes can be a useful resource. A bilingual sermon or a recording of the Bible in their own language can be a powerful tool if you cannot communicate with your Hindu neighbour.

c. Be aware of cultural differences

When speaking to Indians remember to be careful in approaching people of the opposite sex. Normally in temples or in the home, men and women visitors sit separately. Men must not shake hands with women or women with men, unless you have known them over a period of time and know they feel comfortable doing this. This may not be such a problem amongst younger people, but the older generation is very reserved.

Dress is important. Most Indians are shocked at Britain’s permissive society. They think all British people are Christians which may lead to a low view of Christianity. They need to hear and see the real gospel lived out. A woman who wants to be a witness to her Asian friends should not wear mini-skirts or other revealing clothing.

d. Do not degrade the Hindu religion

Hinduism is a false religion, but if you attack what they have valued all their lives they will not listen to you. It is better to ask questions about their religion and for them to see the folly of it themselves. Remember that most Asians are religious, so your starting point may not be the existence of God but rather who is this God? How can I get right with him?

e. Don’t be fooled simply because they show some interest

Hindus are very polite and may give you the impression that they are listening and interested. They will not condemn your belief because they believe there are many ways to God. You must not be fooled by this and think that because they agree they are genuinely interested. Many will say they believe in Christ, they may even speak of repentance, but you may discover that they will continue to worship other gods. It must be made clear to them that a clean break needs to be made from Hinduism.

f. Teach from the Bible

Use the Bible when witnessing. Read it with them and point out how relevant it is to our lives. Treat the Bible with respect, never put it on the floor. Give Hindu people a copy of the New Testament in their own language if they cannot read English.

Realise that many of the words you use such as ‘sin’ and ‘salvation’ may have different meanings in their religion. Do not try to explain these terms through Hindu concepts but rather through a simple biblical framework. Over-contexualising the message can be very dangerous because you may reduce the gospel to a Hindu framework, rather than a biblical one.

Biblical and other illustrations can be helpful to convey our message, as long as they stay within the biblical framework. For example, to explain sin, take them through the parable of the Prodigal Son and tell them that sin is rebellion towards God who is like the father in the story.

What should we say to Hindus?

a. Man has a separate identity from God

Hindus teach that God is everywhere and exists in all things. Christians can explain that we are separate from God, but can know him through one mediator the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Tim 2:5).

b. The Bible is God’s Word

There are a number of Hindu Scriptures, but none have any final authority. Hindus do not refer to books for guidance, they depend on priests to interpret them. Christians can explain that there is unity in the Bible. It has final authority. It is God’s word, inspired by the Holy Spirit, which addresses the spiritual needs of men (2 Tim 3:16).

c. God is pure

The Hindu Scriptures portray the gods as fallible beings. They sometimes are cruel and have to be appeased by sacrifices. Christians can speak of the purity and holiness of our God who is just and loving (1 Pet 1:18-21).

d. God reaches out to man

Hindus believe they must struggle in life to bring themselves into union with God. They believe that good deeds lead them nearer to that state. Christians can tell them that nothing we do can please God. Jesus died on the cross to save us from the consequences of our sin and to give eternal life to those who trust Christ and repent (Rom 3:23 ; Eph 2:8-9 ; Rom 12:1).

e. We have one life on earth

Hindus believe in reincarnation. Christians can explain that we only have one life and after that we face judgment. Those that trust Christ will be with the Lord. Those who do not are condemned to Hell. There is no second chance (Heb 9:27).

f. Christ is unique

Hindus believe all ways lead to God. They even admire Jesus as a great teacher and treat him like another god. We must be clear in telling Hindus that to come to Christ is to forsake all other gods. When we speak to Hindus, at some point we will have to tell them that the only way to God is though Christ. There is no other way (Jn 14:6).

Being confident in reaching Hindus

Finally, let us be encouraged to have great confidence in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God promised Abraham that all the nations would be blessed through him (Gn 12:3). The Lord Jesus Christ instructed his followers to go and ‘make disciples of all nations’(Mt 28:19). God will bring people into his Kingdom from every tribe, tongue and nation. We have the privilege of being involved in God’s great work.

Let us be confident and zealous because we have a treasure to share, a ‘pearl of great price’(Mt 13:46). Hindus are lost and spiritually blind. They are without hope in this world and in the next. Only Christ can release them. Let us share the gospel with them with great humility but also with great confidence, knowing that the gospel is the ‘power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes’(Rom 1:16).

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Answer 2

Yes it is correct. But considering the fact that I am now not a Christian I cannot inform you what's correct to your faith. You make it sound such as you possess all of the ethical inventory on goodness and fact right here. Should you *permit* them consider in Gods you do not consider in? Do you possess them? Do you possess their minds? If it rather bothers you to have peers who don't seem to be such as you, then the crisis is most probably you and now not them. You have 2 offerings, both provide those humans up as peers, or open your brain and take delivery of them for who they're - ideals and all.

Answer 3

Its a simple answer.....

Gods in Hinduism are only symbols....they "represent" an idea....

for example, krisna of hindus, is in black color, wears a peacock feather, and plays a flute...

this figure is only a symbol and represents an idea...

the idea is that , just as the sky looks blue when we look at it from the ground, but when we go near it, we realize that it has no color at all......so also when we are far from god..we see him as one with a form and name...but when we go nearer to him..we see that he has no such form or name..or qualities....its pure monism....

for common people those who find it difficult to grasp such complex ideas, hindus, put these idols....so that when they grow intellectually, they will understand the proper idea...

the feather has a beautiful idea behind it too....it means that god only wears the universe as an ornament but is not effected by it....

neways...
I belive christ will cry if he comes back and sees what mess christians made out of christianity.....

Instead of being humble and trying to understand great and sublime philosophies behind the symbols, words and hymns in various religions....people those who have small minds insult other religions...they cant see beyond the elephant idea...

Plato said.....

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.

How grand was Christ...How pure...thinking of him....my soul feels uplifted...
are christians being like him....?

Dont insult Christ by being "little people" with small minds and little understanding, if you practise even 1/10000 part , to be like him....I am sure millions of people will convert to christianity.....

Answer 4

It does not help to deprecate any ones belief be it rational or irrational. There may be many elephant heads in whatever you believe. Should someone question those?Most problems we all are facing in this world today originate in a single cause. You want to convert someone and force him to believe what you believe against his will. There has already been so much blood shed and unrest. Let us not add to the problems.

Answer 5

YOu really can't. But what i do is try to find out why they don't believe. Some people have been hurt in the past and feel that God forgot about them. It's all because they can't understand God's love. Just keep trying to convert them slowly. Start with everytime they say Oh my God. Tell them not to say it if they don't belive. It may work. Then just graduatly take small steps from there.

Answer 6

If your friends believe in such non-sense like Sheep, 3 Gods in one and a silly blood sharade, how do you convert them to Muslims?

Answer 7

You do it the old fashioned way.

First you rail against their gods and religion, and tell them that they are all going to hell.

If that doesn't work, get together with a bunch of your friends, waylay the infidel in some out of the way place and "beat the love of Christ into them'.

If they still won't submit, plant a burning cross on their lawn.

And, if they still refuse to see the light, burn them out of their homes, and slaughter them in front of their children.

Or you could try just leaving them to their religion, as they choose to leave you to yours. There are a lot more Hindu's than there are Christians.

Answer 8

The same way they should convert YOU.

How about leaving them to their own culture and simply being friends with them for the quality of what makes them your "friends"?

If you would oppose being pressured or persuaded to convert to another religion, shouldn't it stand to reason that they, too, would oppose your intrusion into their spiritual beliefs and the basis of their culture?

Unless you've graduated from seminary college, leave it alone or you're sure to offend or alienate those you call "friends." Stop trying to satisfy your ego and live your faith and let others live theirs; that is one of the biggest causes of religious strife in the world today and has been the cause of much bloodshed throughout history, and it is a subtle form of intolerance that offends those that do not insult you in return for your efforts. In case no one has told you... The Manifest Destiny... passe... long lost in history.... leave it alone!

Answer 9

If your friends believe nonsense such as virgin births, walking on water and rising from the dead, how do you make them see sense?

Not trying to offend anyone, just think about all the stuff you believe that others might call nonsense.

Answer 10

You don't. If you were a true friend, you would respect them regardless of their beliefs. Trying to convert them is the best way to lose a friend. I know, because I stopped friends from trying to convert me, and they stopped being friendly to me. They probably think you're nuts for believing that Jesus was a white, blue eyed man, even though he was born in the Middle East. Yet, I bet they don't try to convert you to their way of thinking. Peoples religious beliefs are theirs to carry, not yours, and it's not up to you to convert them. Would you let someone try to convert you to Islam? Doubtful. Think how you would feel about that, and act accordingly toward your own friends.

Answer 11

If your friends believe in such nonsense like gods above the clouds with massive egos and obsessions with human reproductive practices, how do you convert them to Hindu?