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obadiah
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I am wondering why the Hindu Religion states that Krishna is GOD when the Holy Bible states Jesus is GOD?
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BelFarfalla
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There are many religions… all claim to ‘own’ God.
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obadiah
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Yes, each religion claims to have received the TRUE revelation from GOD, but how are we able to discern the TRUE teaching?
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Mjae
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Does Hinduism state Krishna is God, or that Krishna is A god? I think there might be your answer.
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obadiah
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ISHKON States that Krishna is the Original Personality of GODHEAD. Other sects of Hinduism state that Vishnu is supreme, still others state MAHA DEVA (Shiva) is Supreme.
Others state that Brahma is SUPREME.
I also read in the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam That all three are ONE GOD. Seems to me sort of like the Trinity.
AHIMSA, do you have any ideas about this?
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Catholic_Dude
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My personal opinion is that the Hare Krishna movement was nothing more than repackaging Hinduism for Christian audiences:
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=141309
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=141309
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Ahimsa
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Yes, my idea is similar to that of the Vedas:
Some Hindus see God most fully visible in Krishna; others, Siva; others, the Divine Mother.
Some Abrahamics see God most fully visible in the Torah of Moses; others, in the Qur’an of Muhammad; others, in the Good News of Jesus.
I would suppose that God cares more about our intent, sincerity, love-actions, and willingness to surrender our selfish activities and thoughts; than He/She cares about whether we perform ritual worship in the precisely ‘correct’ manner. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
And I would suppose that, even if God actually revealed Him/Herself most fully in only one religion; that our intent, sincerity, and willingness to surrender and love, hold greater sway.
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KarenNC
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No, not all of the world’s religions claim to be revealed religions, or that there is only one God.Yes, each religion claims to have received the TRUE revelation from GOD, but how are we able to discern the TRUE teaching?
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Greg27
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Krishna is one of the Gods of Hinduism. Hinduism is called a single religion but it might be better called a variety of beliefs in the divine united under one religion. Hindus can believe in an impersonal Absolute (Brahman) or a personal Absolute (who manifests in the mundane world in different forms) or polytheistic in the sense the Absolute manifests itself in multiple incarnations of Gods and Goddesses in the divine and human worlds. Christianity is clearly different in the sense it believes in only one God, who has incarnated himself once and for all in Jesus, and also in that God is a Trinity and a personal being.
If we are talking in terms of inter-religious dialogue, you can take a number of positions; Hindus and Christians do not worship the same thing, and one religion is totally in error while the other is perfectly correct, or they worship the same entity under different forms, or that all religions worship a Reality no religion fully encompasses but tries to express in symbols, religious experience, prayer, and sacred scripture.
If we are talking in terms of inter-religious dialogue, you can take a number of positions; Hindus and Christians do not worship the same thing, and one religion is totally in error while the other is perfectly correct, or they worship the same entity under different forms, or that all religions worship a Reality no religion fully encompasses but tries to express in symbols, religious experience, prayer, and sacred scripture.
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b_justb
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Since Hindus do not accept as Holy Writ the texts you are referring to as “the Holy Bible” it only makes sense that Hindus would not proclaim Jesus as Divine. If they did they wouldn’t be Hindu would they?
Why doesn’t the GM dealer sell Fords? Because if they did they wouldn’t be a GM dealer.
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MelanieAnne
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The short answer is “no”.
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b_justb
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How can you answer “no” to a “why” question?
Why is the sky blue? No.
Is it me? It must just be me.
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MelanieAnne
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Far be it from me to confuse you.
I was answering in terms of the TITLE to the thread, which was “is Krishna God” and so I said “no”.
To be sure I do not enlarge on any confusion, which “why” question" are you asking about & I will do my best to answer.
I was answering in terms of the TITLE to the thread, which was “is Krishna God” and so I said “no”.
To be sure I do not enlarge on any confusion, which “why” question" are you asking about & I will do my best to answer.
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Kitty_Chan
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instead of what do people say about Krishna
what does Krishna say about itself?
what does Krishna say about itself?
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KarenNC
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Why does the Christian religion state that Jesus is God when the vedas state that Krishna is God?
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Ahimsa
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KarenNC
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My point was that both the questions are equally meaningless. It’s like asking “why does Dutch law say that x is legal when US law says x is illegal.” Hindus do not recognize the Christian Bible as authoratative sacred scripture and the Christians do not recognize the Vedas as authoratative sacred scripture. They are two separate religions. It doesn’t really matter to either one what the other says, because they don’t recognize the other as having any authority over them.
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Ahimsa
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I agree the questions are meaningless, if the socio-religio-cultural (SRC) contexts are not taken into account. If the SRC context is factored in, then even a comparison of Dutch and US law can be informative.
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KarenNC
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For purposes of comparison, education or intellectual curiosity, certainly, but not as something theologically (or legally in the case of my example) binding.
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Kitty_Chan
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sorry didnt see page 2 here and everyones tackled this, but still 2 quotes are stated, what all is said by both. Then we can get into who said it first
I suppose the only way is to determine which God is “better” ??
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