All religions seek the same truth. They all try to help man understand his place in this confusing and often tragic world. Followers search for the answers to life's questions in the comforts of faith in a particular religion, but how those religions provide for their followers differs greatly from one to another. Christianity and Hinduism come from vastly different traditions. Although these values and traditions seem to be unique to each religion, how distinct are these religions when it comes down to worshiping GOD?
Both Hinduism and Christianity are both universal religions. In both of these great religions we leave real freedom of choice in worship, in approaching that One Supreme Entity, that we call God. Hinduism has many deities, ranging from 1,000 to 33 million gods, but all of them are just manifestations or symbols of the only Absolute, and there are different ways to know and serve the only 'Brahman' or 'The Father'. The 3 manifestations of Brahman, have some similarities with the Christian "Holy Trinity": Brahma is like the Father; Krishna, like the Son, Jesus Christ; and Shiva like the Holy Spirit. Jesus and Krishna are very similar. Is Jesus man or God? Is Krishna man or God? Is it possible for divinity and mortality to coexist within the same physical body, or indeed, for divinity to exist in a physical body at all? The answer lies in one's personal beliefs that are sometimes imposed on others.
Although Hinduism is traditionally a polytheistic religion, each God is a part of the larger absolute entity of God. However Christianity is a monotheistic religion that has one God divided into three "persons" – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This doctrine of the Trinity is not found explicitly in the Christian Bible. But the Bible condemns any kind of polytheism, the adoration of anything or anybody besides the only God, because that any gods that are n
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