[DarkSavant]

How do they respond to the "No one can come throguh the Father except through me"? They can't say that he was both divine and in the same breath say he was wrong in saying this.

[DarkSavant]

throguh = to...

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[FreedomCalls]

They can't say that he was both divine and in the same breath say he was wrong in saying this.

Who says "divine" means "infallible"?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

How do they respond to the "No one can come throguh the Father except through me"? They can't say that he was both divine and in the same breath say he was wrong in saying this.

Without pretending to be an expert on Hinduism, Christianity, or religion in general, this is my understanding: modern Hinduism accepts many gods, all of whom are considered to be different aspects of a single, supreme being. Each god is viewed as the way in which a certain group of people in some area of the world has perceived the supreme being. In this way, Hinduism has absorbed or attempted to absorb every deity in the various religions it has encountered - with the notable exception of Islam, which violently insisted on the separateness of Allah. Even Siddhartha Guatama, the Buddha, whose entire religious philosophy was a rebellion against ancient Hinduism, has been incorporated into the Hindu pantheon.

Therefore, many Hindus have no problem accepting Christ as a mortal incarnation of God, who came to enlighten a group of people. When Christ says that "No one can come throguh the Father except through me", there is no conflict in Hindu minds - Christ is an aspect of the supreme being and, of course, no one can come to God except through him - but Hindus might say they'll do it through another aspect with many arms and an elephant's trunk.

[The Lion Roars]

How do they respond to the "No one can come throguh the Father except through me"?

For hindus the "me" is really "me". Hinduism believes that there are separate ways to reach the supreme being. In other words - spirituality or worship of an idol or a tree or christ is really a worship of the supreme being. Hence your mode of worship doesnt matter since you are really worshipping the infinite force - the parmatma - or the supreme being.

Within Hinduism you can even worship yourself. Since hinduism believes that a part of the supreme being - the atma - resides in every thing living. The whole idea of karma is to grow this atma till it becomes infinite and hence one with the parmatma.