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I wish I had time to really get into some of these discussions. Sigh.

What most people accept as Christianity is quite narrow; ONLY Jesus Christ, ONLY the Bible, ONLY certain names of God. Hinduism is a broad path. The narrow exclusivity that is currently accepted as Christianity is foreign to the Vedic path. One great Hindu teacher said a few decades ago to worship Jesus and Krishna together, and I know many people who do just that. I'm not afraid to read the Bible, why are people who read the Bible afraid to read the Bhagavad Gita? Especially since one can find the same truth in many places in both, just couched in different language or examples.

Fanaticism is the enemy of freedom, and without freedom, there can be no love, only blind fanaticism.

I'm not afraid to read the Bible, why are people who read the Bible afraid to read the Bhagavad Gita?

I think that many people are afraid that if they use their God-given intellect in this way that they might make a mistake and end up in hell. But it seems to me that this kind of fear-based assent to Jesus is not genuine acceptance in the first place, as it's under a kind of coercion and therefore not truly free.

I'm not afraid to read the Bible, why are people who read the Bible afraid to read the Bhagavad Gita?

Catholic, and read the Gita.

There are similiarities between Catholic Theology and Hindu Philosophy, and one of my coworkers is hindu, and one of the most gentle people I've ever met. She's probably a better Catholic in how she lives than some Catholics, but that doesn't mean her beliefs are equivalent to my own.

The problem with pluralism is that by elevating every religion to the same level is that it dilutes them all.

One great Hindu teacher said a few decades ago to worship Jesus and Krishna together

And what about the parts of their teachings that conflict? My experience is that they will use wishy-washy reasoning to equate what Jesus said with what Krishna did. Eastern eligions are especially notorious for doing this. In the Gita Krishna told his servant to fight, for the sole reason that that was the caste he was born into. That is quite different than what I would expect Christ to say.

I respect your religion, so the Hindus should respect ours and allow for evangelization, which is a key ingredient of Christianity. Hindus are allowed to do the same.