Aji belonged to a political group that persecuted christians, interrupting church services and other christian meetings. He preached a universal message, love of god and love of brother, which. If god is allpowerful, and he is allgood, meaning he would remove evil to the extent of his power, then evil should not exist. The religion is so tied to the heritage of india that the idea of worshipping only one god, like in christianity, is offensive. As a hindu, i find it very difficult to find any arguments or debates against hinduism on many sites, or even on youtube, where hitchens and dawkins primarily argue against christianity and islam, both which i find very interesting. Or, even against other peoples such as the modernday persecution of christians by militant hindus. What are the christian theological arguments against hinduism. Many of these are not really arguments against gods existence or against the christian faith.
Priests have the religious education, the prayers, the full advantages of the religious life and it did not help them avoid terrible acts. Philosophical arguments for and against the existence of god have been crucial to euroamerican. Its hard to come up with specific arguments against hinduism because while there are many stories in the mythology that are pretty fantastical just in the ramayana, bears and monkeys have a government that is a monarchy, they can talk to humans and humans can talk to them, a squirrel understands what is happening when rama is trying to build a bridge to cross over to lanka and helps as much as he can by contributing pebbles, said bridge is being built by an army of monkeys and bears etc. Hinduism encompasses many sacred writings and not one holy book in.
Nor is it based on the teachings of a founder or holy book. Christian theology doesnt need specific arguments against every religion. You have to take it on faith there is no evidence solid, real evidence that any religion can show for the validity of its extraordinary claims. Hindus believe in the divinity of their holy books, the vedas, which are. It was originally published in the united kingdom by atlantic books as god is not great. In the field of comparative religion, many scholars, academics, religious figures have looked at. He concludes the chapter writing of the religious wish for obliterationfor a. The four books of the vedasrig, yajur, sama and atharvainclude over.
This is per any known or popular definition of god. One would not only be suffering for actions which they had no remembrance of committing but actions which, in a very real sense, were committed by someone else before they were born. Over the years we have all heard about the many attempts that have been made in india to convert various sections of society from hinduism to either christianity or islam. Rather than a single holy book such as the bible or quran, hinduism has. Just joined the ar and already excited to meet many like minded people. Information on hinduism for kids primary homework help. These actions by persons claiming to be hindus do not make hinduism false. Enthusiastically he began to tell the story of the saint called ishu, who was born in a. Once defined, the very properties of this god cannot logically exist at all.
Some who have committed quite appalling crimes were priests. Hinduisms insistence that a person pays for the moral debt of previous lives based on the law of karma is irrational. Not a good argument against the truth of god, but a good argument as to the pointlessness of christian practice. For many hindus, religion is a matter of practice rather than of beliefs. Currently, 82 percent of indias population are professing hindus. Protestants confess straight to god, catholic confess mortal sins to a priest, and venial sins straight to god orthodox have similar practice anglicans confess to priests but considered optional.
For more than a thousand years the label had no specific religious connotation. The samhitas and brahmanas affirm that god is immanent and transcendent. I would describe myself as about 70% atheist and 30% agnostic. Hinduism and jainism have a rather similar view on the topic of asceticism, or, in simpler terms, abstinence.
An interesting point is that in spite of these duplicitous ways of converting that the christians have used, the christian churches have threatened violence against the process of reconversion back to hinduism that had been launched by the vhp. Though brahmins claim the vedas as their holy texts, the religion that we find. The best argument against all theism is that no god exists, nor can god exist. God is not great is a 2007 book by britishamerican author and journalist christopher hitchens, in which he makes a case against organized religion. A hindu once told me every single argument you come up. Kaliyan bought the vedas as a boon and so all the previous religious books including agamas and puranas lost. The church is full of hypocrites, and christians cherrypick. Charvakas and sankyas are atheistic groups in hinduism. Arguments against hinduism catholic answers forums.
Paapa according to hindu dharma is an offense against one self. Twelve good arguments atheists advance against christianity. What are the hindu theological arguments against christianity. For years, his family adhered to the meticulous hindu traditions. Entirely true all religions eventually arrive at the same terminus.
Christian theology has specific beliefs and anyone who disagrees is just wrong. Christian theology says that there is only one true god jehovah and this god manifested on earth as jesus christ and anyone who disagrees on these two points is wrong. Only one aspect of hinduism is common for all the different variants. Torah, the christian bible and the muslim koranthe veda is the hindu holy book. One striking difference between christianity and hindu dharma is that a christian does not have to be morally perfect to enter heaven. The term hinduism refers to a singular religious identity of the hindu tradition. Based on gods word, the christian views hinduism as a corruption due to. Religion as implicitly modeled upon christianity in his chapter on hinduism for the handbook for the history of religions. There are many examples of brutal acts by hindus against their own people such as the practice of widow burning. The war against hinduism written july, 2001, but still going on by stephen knapp. Hindu dharma says that chittasuddhi cleansing of mind is the minimum requirement for moksha. Get this special guide with 10 biblical and practical tips for christians in the. Christianity vs hinduism difference and comparison diffen. Its hard to come up with specific arguments against hinduism because while there are many stories in the mythology that are pretty fantastical just in the ramayana, bears and monkeys have a government that is a monarchy, they can talk to humans and humans can talk to them, a squirrel understands what is happening when rama is trying to build a bridge to cross over to lanka and helps as much.
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