It is interesting to notice how spirituality plays out around the world. The gift of God makes a lot more sense when viewed in that light — we can get fat, dumb, and happy in our churches not realizing what a vast picture there really is. Paul made use of pagan spiritual ideas arguing for Jesus at Mars Hill.
I currently work in an office with a large group of H1Bs from India. They are about half Hindu, half Christian. They respect one another in this context. Hindu faith tends to go eclectic, and one route to Christ for them is to adopt Jesus as a god then dramatically find out He is far more than they had bargained for.I worked with Muslim Pakistanis and Catholics from India. We all HAD to get along, cooperate and get the work done.
There was NO problem whatsoever regarding our faiths. It was all good and we proved that by ACTING out our own faiths.
After visiting India my husband was POSITIVE that somewhere in India SOME Hindu was worshipping God as a '56 Chevy. God COULD be anything, human, animal, mythical creature or any mixture thereof.
WHAT an experience that was.
A year and a half in Bangkok (as ‘Nam activity was ramping up) as a baby Christian, among mostly Buddhists, was interesting.