If a Christian want to convert as a Hindu what should he do ?

Question

If a Christian feels that whatever he has learnt from his religion is wrong and likes and understands that Hinduism is the best and if he want to be a part of that in India the Hindus are not ready to accept it .What should he do ?

Answer 1

If "the Hindus are not ready to accept it" one should determine exactly why. For starters.

Answer 2

Well, true Hinduism embraces all so the people who are not ready to accept you can't be true Hindus. Following Hindu practices and the Hindu way of life is all that is basically required of a Hindu- unlike Christianity, Hinduism does not need formal conversion. However, if you want to formally convert, you can always approach the Arya Samaj- they perform such ceremonies. Whatever happens, don't give up and don't be discouraged because if Hinduism feels right for you, then NO ONE has the right to say or do anything to discourage you from it. I would have said the same were you converting to some other religion, as it is personal. If you eat beef and like it, you can continue doing so- it is common among South Indian Hindus and their faith is none the less for it. Wishing you a happy spiritual life!

Answer 3

I think he should study. Changing religious belief isn't exactly like changing underwear you know. You like and understand that Hinduism is the best? Have you investigated the deeper meanings of the belief, do you understand and agree with Hinduism? I mean you can't buy a new religion because you heard everyone likes it as you would a car. If you convert you have to want to live by it's teachings so I would be finding out all I could about hinduism and I wouldn't be doing it on YA.

Answer 4

Just because everything you learned as a being a Christian is wrong, doesn't mean you have to choose another false perspective on the truth.

If you do become a Hindu, you must stop eating cows and start worshiping them. Other than that im not sure what the difference is. I stopped eating cows but have no desire to be a Hindu.

Answer 5

There wasn't a religion called "Hinduism" until the days of Queen Victoria when the British fully asserted their colonial power over India. Just like the word India,it does not mean Hinduism did not exist since ancient times but it was simply not called Hinduism. If the British did not coin the word then the necessities of the British bureacracy to manage its Indian subjects certainly did. Like the word India, Hinduism comes from the name for the Indus River - in particular the Indus Valley Civilisation. By etymological extension, I think I can safely say that the English word "Industry" is of the same origin. The word "India" was obviously coined earlier - by whom? - by the Moghuls and Persians perhaps? From the Persian word "Sind" for the Indus Valley region perhaps.

Hinduism is not a single religion that most non-South Asians perceive it to be. It is a collective of religions with overlapping deities. To one region a deity would be a hero, while the same deity would be a villainous demon to another region. This is an obvious reflection of ancient Indians not having been a single country but multitudes of warring states and cities until the British united the various regions including Pakistan and labelled it India. Even the Moghuls had not unified the regions completely.

Therefore, Indians should not only have Mohandas Gandhi to thank but also the British for the existence of a single entity called India. The Indians, whether they like it or not have the British to thank for that "one religion" called Hinduism.

Due to Victorian, Islamic and most notably Christian Influence, Hindu academics who were British colonial subjects felt the need to project Hinduism as a viable religion to unify "Hindus" and "Indians". Academics like Vivekananda reinterpreted the Hindu scriptures and presented the pantheon of Indian deities as a unified multinity (as in trinity for 3) incarnation and manifestation of One Supreme whom they attribute as being the same G~D that Christians, Muslims and Jews believe in. An Indian Vivekanandist friend tells me that some people perceive these academics as revisionists but he preferred to see them as true fundamentalists.

In the light of that, there is nothing much you need to do to "convert" to being a "Hindu". Google around, choose your philosophical allegiance to whichever flavour of Hinduism and observe the particular annual new year rites and various festivities just as any normal Hindu would. To be more devout, as usual, you would need to study the various scriptures and "oral" commentaries. You might choose a vegetarian lifestyle or at least refrain from eating bovine meat. Having dairy is fine. You might wish to be also a Hindu "fundamentalist" and go to India to seek assimilation into one of the caste systems, despite some modern Hindus' protest that the caste system is not a "Hindu" but an ancient "Indian" cultural and political tool to suppress the underclass. However, who is a Hindu fundamentlist? An anti-caste Vivekanandist or a caste-adherent traditionalist?

Don't forget taking a pilgrimage to bathe yourself in the Indus River, if not on an annual basis, then at least once in your lifetime. Where you will see the megalomaniacal tents of Hollywood stars too. Be warned to avoid the more polluted sections of the river.

You can continue your Christian lifestyle and celebrate its various rites while being a Hindu. Just don't tell your pastor about it. In fact, I visited the homes of two Hindu friends whose parents had placed the statuettes of Jesus and Mary on their altar of Hindu deities.

Answer 6

A Christian would not convert as a Hindu. We are lead by the spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14. Christianity is spiritually discerned.

Answer 7

He should listen to Zac Poonen and learn the truth.

http://www.cfcindia.com/web/mainpages/home_page.php

About Bro. Zac Poonen:
Bro. Zac Poonen was formerly an Indian Naval Officer who has been serving the Lord in India for the past 40 years as a Bible-teacher and elder having responsibility for a number of churches.

He has written a number of books and articles in English which have been translated in other Indian languages as well. His messages given in India and abroad are available on audio and video cassettes and CD's. (See the Books, Audio and Video section)

Like the other elders in CFC, Zac Poonen also supports himself and his family through "tent-making" and does not receive any salary for his services. He does not receive any royalty for any of his books, audio tapes, video tapes or CDs, published by Christian Fellowship Centre.

Answer 8

Christians (followers of Christ) are asked to teach all nations, not to batter everyone.

It is not the believer that is responsible, it is God.

There is a new covenant (New Testament) that has all the information that the Christian has. The bible is a tool for the believer, not a conversion manual.

Answer: Doubt is not a reason to convert.

Answer 9

u dont need to go to india to become a hindu... so go n see a hindu guru.. i mean priest....... and whoever above there said it, there is nothing wrong in not eating cows and worshiping them... and better be careful before saying anything abt other's religion.

Answer 10

There is more religions that believe in God than just Christianity. I like deism because we believe in God without all the baggage