I have been trying to understand different doctrines lately and do a comparative study. Just wanted to share some of my observations.
Feel free to share your comments and observations.
Hinduism
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Christianity
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Brahma/God
is unknowable
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God
is love
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Sin
does not exist; good and evil exist in the mind; there is no duality.
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Man
is basically sinful – which is the cause of all evil in this world.
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God
is inside man.
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Man’s
sin has alienated man from God.
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Yoga/meditation/mystic
practices are used to reach the God-head within oneself.
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God’s
forgiveness and purification through Jesus’s death (for man’s sins) unites
man to God.
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Self-realization
is the highest goal.
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Love
is the highest virtue.
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Moksha/salvation/heaven
is attained through certain practices like meditation and doing other good
deeds – man can work out his own salvation.
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Man
is incapable of coming out of his sin. He desperately needs God’s grace and
mercy to be united back to God (or saved).
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There
is no one truth or one way. All roads lead to God.
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There
is only one truth and one way – which is repentance for sins and acceptance
of the gift of grace through Jesus.
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Reincarnation
based on karma – this means that the soul can have many lifes through rebirths.
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Man
has only one life.
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Idols
can be used to worship God.
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Idols
cannot be used. One should worship in spirit and truth.
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