The major differences between Christianity and Hinduism teachings include Christianity recognizing the presence of one all-knowing God. However, Hinduism roots in the belief of thousands of gods who are a reflection in one omnipotent power. Hinduism tolerates Christianity while Christianity opposes different forms of worship that are not approved in Biblical teachings (Wilson, 2019). Another major difference is that Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation while Hinduism believes that individuals are answerable to their own karma. Therefore, Hindus believe that God is manifested in both evil and good while Christians believe that God did not create evi l (Gepu et al., 2018). Therefore, a Christian has the freedom to either choose good or evil. The Bible works as a guideline to choose good as the only way to salvation. The third major difference is that Christianity’s origins can be traced to around two thousand years ago, while the origins of Hinduism is untraceable as it is a very old religion.
I had some former biases that Hinduism looks down on women by restricting their clothing, outside appearance, importance in marriage decisions and that they are required to maintain purity of the family name and lineage. However, after studying Hinduism in a deeper way, I have now changed my perception to see that the religion gives women dignity. An example is where Hindu texts encourage the birth of a girl who will be a future scholar (Gepu et al., 2018). So parents usually perform rituals to get a girl that will be educated. When it comes to marriage, I learnt that there are types of Hindu marriage rituals that accept a union out of love and consent of the couple. The woman has the free will to accept dowry exchange and the partner. By studying Hinduism I have grown to value the code of living that promotes morality and good conduct while respecting all living creatures.
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References
Gepu, W., Suda, I. K., & Suyasa, I. M. (2018). Religious conversion towards Hindu Kaharingan to Christianity. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, 4(4), 25-37. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/230595654.pdf
Wilson, M. S. (2019). A community-based test of the dual process model of intergroup relations: predicting attitudes towards Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, and atheists. New Zealand Journal of Psychology (Online) , 48 (1), 133-139. https://www.psychology.org.nz/journal-archive/Wilson-133-139.pdf
