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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.

"No one can come to the Father except through me", there is no conflict in Hindu minds -...

It was Hindu minds that taught me what Jesus meant, not Christian minds.

It is ironic that while Christians raid India's spirituality (the harvest) through "converting the lost" those of us in the West that want to be found must look to India and Hindus for truth.

thank you for posting the version of hinduism i follow! that said, doesnt mean there arent narrow version of hinduism being followed by some fundamentalists in India. thats where you keep hearing those attacks on christains!

an average hindu is more concerned on getting food on his plate than showing aggression on christains! most christains in India are seen as pacifists! you dont usually see christains in India involved in contraversies and hence they carry a soft and respectable image.

But in recent years, due to huge increase in evagelism, the image of christains is changing a little and on a downward slope but by and large hindus are not opposed/against to christains!