Is it considered a sin to convert?

Question

Is it a sin to convert from Christianism to Hinduism/Buddhism?
I began reading about them, and realizing that I feel the same about "Ignorance" and many other ideas.

Can someone go to Hell for converting?
Do you think it is a bad thing to do?

Answer 1

Hey do what ya want, but never turn away from God as he is present in most religions! Buddhism and Hinduism are not known for praising the Lord, they praise statues and air and etc... feel free to enjoy those religions but never trun away from the Bibles core principles and praise of our one true Creator God!

Answer 2

You probably know many things and might find it repititive, but please read:

Hinduism focuses on Karma, Reincarnation and Moksha.

It recognises two ways of worship - with Idols and without. It does not condemn either as a sinner.

It gives you the right to challenge the teachings of the incarnations of God, yes you may challenge the actions of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna.

It does not abhor sex. It maintains that sex and procreation are a natural part of life. If sex were bad, then why did God create humans with sexual organs?

It specifies that there will be times when mankind will be in danger and that God will be reincarnated to deliver mankind. Hence it does not reject Jesus or Moses altogether. Because these people were born to deliver mankind.

It let's you decide whether you want to be a vegetarian or non-vegetarian.

It teaches, contrary to what most people believe, there is only ONE AND UNIQUE GOD. We have different incarnations and forms of God. But the Upanishads state it very clearly. GOD IS ONE AND IS SHAPELESS AND DIMENSIONLESS.

Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism were born to rescue people from the corrution that had crept into hindu society. Yet Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs respect each other.

In contrast, Jews, Christians and Muslims have had conflicts since time immemorial.

Buddha was the enlightened one. Most Hindus actually celebrate Buddha's birthday. Buddhist teachings are very much similar to Upanishadic teachings.

So you have to decide what you want to do. The fact that you have taken some interest to know these religions makes me happy. You do not necessarily have to convert to appreciate any religion.

Answer 3

There are many peole who follow buddhist teachings but also retain some connection to christianity- however many people who are strict christians would deny that this is possible.. You know - Buddha said "Try my path and see if it works for you." The 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path don't conflict with Christianity, and if you've read much about buddhism you'll know that you are not required to worship a statue, not do anything Christianity forbids. I'd say see how a combination of hte 2 feels to you for a couple of years, and then decide what works.

Answer 4

There is no record of anyone going to hell for converting. Take it slow. You may end up combining the two. Take your time. Don't jump fast. Buddhism is a fascinating religion, isn't it? It may not need to be one or the other, but a sort of meeting in the middle for you.

Answer 5

If the christians are correct then if convert to any religion from christianity then yes your gonna burn baby. Isn't this a God of love he will damn you to eternal torment just for being curious. But actually if you repent and ask Jesus to come into your heart and cleanse you and make you whole again, all is forgiven any way. Funny the way that works. Huh??????

So I wonder if there is any sin other than not asking for forgiveness before you die????

I actually think that the above answer is the right one. But that is a very dangerous deciscion if, once again, the Christians have it right.

Answer 6

Namaste,
I converted to Hinduism and I used to be a Catholic. It was the best thing I did. So many Christians trash Hinduism without knowing a single thing about it. Hinduism is not controlling or judgemental like Christianity is. I hope you continue your reading on it. There is a really good website you should check out www.hindunet.org

Answer 7

Hinduism and Buddhism don't have the concept of sin or a hell to be sent to, only karma and reincarnation.

Answer 8

Most western religions are based on " if you do this, then this happens." Buddhism in particular is not like that. Islam is. I pray that you become Buddhist because in doing so you liberate yourself from all things that the wicked world throws at you and walk a path of true righteousness.

Answer 9

Life is a highway so, break down the God and gates, not enough time in the day.

A loving merciful allpowerful God would never allow anyone to burn forever. Pray to God and ask him to reveal himself to you in his true form. Why seek out other religions that just want to manipulate you?

But to be on the safe side, you might want to store a few fire extinguishers in your casket. And a big stick by chance you are the only one in hell with a spot that isn't melting your skin off. You might have to beat down some lost souls.

Answer 10

Reverse the situation.
Jesus is our example.
His Father, Jehovah God, set up the Jewish system through Abraham.
Then Jehovah sent his son to modify it, to preach the Kingdom, of which Jesus was to be King.
The rules of our conduct did not change, but the number of laws that the Jews tried to obey..did.
From 600 odd to two.
(Matthew 22:36-40) “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 He said to him: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 The second, like it, is this, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments the whole Law hangs, and the Prophets.”

Jesus was in fact presenting a new system and the Jews he was preaching to were 'converting' themselves.

Answer 11

You have every right to convert to Hinduism.
Nobody can stop you.

According to Hinduism,the no such place called HELL.

A loving God would not create a place called Hell,if you think practically.

when the fundamentalists of any religion teach an unrelenting duality based on good and evil, man and nature or God and Devil, this creates friends and enemies. This belief is a sacrilege to Hindus because they know that the attitudes which are the by-product are totally dualistic, and for good to triumph over that which is alien or evil, it must kill out that which is considered to be evil.

The Hindu looks at nothing as intrinsically evil. To him the ground is sacred. The sky is sacred. The sun is sacred. His wife is a goddess. Her husband is a god. Their children are divine. Their home is a shrine. Life is a pilgrimage to mukti or liberation from rebirth, which once attained is the end to reincarnation in a physical body. When on a holy pilgrimage, one would not want to hurt anyone along the way, knowing full well the experiences on this path are of one's own creation, though maybe acted out through others.

Hinduism can give some mystical answers for life after death.

The soul dwells as the inmost body of light and superconscious, universal mind of a series of nested bodies, each more refined than the next: physical, pranic, astral, mental. In our conscious mind we think and feel ourselves to be a physical body with some intangible spirit within it. Yet, right now our real identity is the soul that is sensing through its multiple bodies physical, emotional and mental experience. Recognizing this as reality, we powerfully know that life doesn't end with the death of the biological body. The soul continues to occupy the astral body, a subtle, luminous duplicate of the physical body. This subtle body is made of higher-energy astral matter and dwells in a dimension called the astral plane. If the soul body itself is highly evolved, it will occupy the astral/mental bodies on a very refined plane of the astral known as the Devaloka, "the world of light-shining beings." At death, the soul slowly becomes totally aware in its astral/mental bodies and it predominantly lives through those bodies in the astral dimension.

The soul functions with complete continuity in its astral/mental bodies. It is with these sensitive vehicles that we experience dream or "astral" worlds during sleep every night. The astral world is equally as solid and beautiful, as varied and comprehensive as the earth dimension-if not much more so. Spiritual growth, psychic development, guidance in matters of governance and commerce, artistic cultivation, inventions and discoveries of medicine, science and technology all continue by astral people who are "in-between" earthly lives. Many of the Veda hymns entreat the assistance of devas: advanced astral or mental people. Yet, also in the grey, lower regions of this vast, invisible dimension exist astral people whose present pursuits are base, selfish, even sadistic. Where the person goes in the astral plane at sleep or death is dependent upon his earthly pursuits and the quality of his mind.

Because certain seed karmas can only be resolved in earth consciousness and because the soul's initial realizations of Absolute Reality are only achieved in a physical body, our soul joyously enters another biological body. At the right time, it is reborn into a flesh body that will best fulfill its karmic pattern. In this process, the current astral body-which is a duplicate of the last physical form-is sluffed off as a lifeless shell that in due course disintegrates, and a new astral body develops as the new physical body grows. This entering into another body is called reincarnation: "re-occupying the flesh."

During our thousands of earth lives, a remarkable variety of life patterns are experienced. We exist as male and female, often switching back and forth from life to life as the nature becomes more harmonized into a person exhibiting both feminine nurturing and masculine intrepidness. We come to earth as princesses and presidents, as paupers and pirates, as tribals and scientists, as murderers and healers, as atheists and, ultimately, God-Realized sages. We take bodies of every race and live the many religions, faiths and philosophies as the soul gains more knowledge and evolutionary experience.

Therefore, the Hindu knows that the belief in a single life on earth, followed by eternal joy or pain is utterly wrong and causes great anxiety, confusion and fear. Hindus know that all souls reincarnate, take one body and then another, evolving through experience over long periods of time. Like the caterpillar's metamorphosis into the butterfly, death doesn't end our existence but frees us to pursue an even greater development.

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