Comparing Religions and Belief Systems With Christianity

Date: May 12, 2009    Posted By: Rick Warzywak
www.muiczone.com

INTRODUCTION:

   There are many religions; belief systems; and philosophies that exist in the world today.  This certainly can be confusing, as there are many voices calling out to you claiming they have truth.  Who is right? Who and what should I believe?
 


    What if it's true that Jesus is the only way?  Wouldn't it be wise and logical to investigate the matter further?  What if there is a literal Heaven or Hell?  Listed are the various comparisons to Biblical Christianity.  Included below are the various religions; cults; philosophies; and belief systems that exist in the world today.  Take a comparative look and see for yourself.  What is the Truth? Whatever you decide will determine your eternal destiny this is how important it is for one to investigate this topic!
 

INDEX OF TOPICAL CONTENT


(Click on any Area of Interest)

 

SECTION 1 - CULT CHARACTERISTICS!


NOTE:  If a religious group has one or more of these characteristics, it may be a cult. Please obtain counsel before attending any strange religious group.

  1. A leader who claims to be divine.
  2. Rejection of all other churches.
  3. Control over members activities and friendships.
  4. A special diet.
  5. Chance using religious phrases or words.
  6. Sleep deprivation.
  7. No privacy.
  8. Overpowering demonstrations on love.
  9. Control over finances, financial resources, or financial decisions.
  10. Leadership that does not tolerate honest questions.

 

SECTION 2 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY BASIC TEACHINGS


Key Person/Founder:  Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


Key Writings: The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.

Who is God?

The One God is triune - a tri-unity.  The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".  Christians do not believe in 3 Gods - but ONE!
 


"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"
 


It is one God in three persons, not three gods:

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


Who is Jesus?

Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, He has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, He is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, He was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


Who is the Holy Spirit? 

The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity.  The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field.  He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


How is one to be saved? 

Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works.  Salvation must be received by repentance (turning away and forsaking of sin) and by faith.  People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body.  This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


What happens after death? 

Believers go to be with Jesus.  After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected.  Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven.  Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell.  Jesus' bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


Other Beliefs or Practices:

Group worship, usually in churches.  No secret rites.  Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts.  Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh].  Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!

 

SECTION 3 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS. ISLAM

NOTE:  See special video section for Muslims


    Islam is at the forefront in the news since 911 and we need to have not only a basic understanding, but also some in depth knowledge of this world religion.  Many people lives and nations are being impacted and will continue to be touched in the coming years - especially America!
 


    We have taken extra time to provide more information in this section about Islam so the American student can gain a keen understanding of what this world religion believes. Every American will be affected by future world events that will result from terrorism.  Islam has two faces.  Westerners are being deceived as Islam has a plan for world domination that is intent on forming a state with Sharia law.
 


    We have included a large composite DVD section by Zakaria Bothros (a Coptic Christian Priest from Egypt) which would be very revealing for any Muslim who desires to gain new insights regarding Christianity and its comparison to Islam.
 


    The information below is not anyway designed to hurt or denigrate any Muslim people. Many are loving and kind and respected in various communities. As in many movements though, there are always those who take beliefs to such extremes that it hurts the whole and affects many of those around. We love the Muslim people but hate the destroying influences of Islam. 

 

   As the subject of Islam is explored the teaching and doctrine can be scrutinized fairly and open to constructive criticism as well as Christianity itself. Truth will always stand the test if it is TRUTH! Let us begin to explore ISLAM.

 

   The majority of Muslims are ignorant of what the Koran and Hadiths really teach.  The doctrinal points below must be challenged and proven wrong if so.  Christians and truth seeking Muslims must be made aware of errors and contradictions.  We desire  Muslims to remain Muslim but become followers of Jesus Christ.  Eternity hangs in the balance.
 


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[ISLAM]
Key Person/Founder:
Mohammed founded Islam about 610A.D, in Mecca and Medina. Its headquarters are in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Its main sects are Sunni, and Shi'ite.

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[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[ISLAM]
Key Writings:
    The Koran, which is their scriptures in Arabic; the Hadith, which are Mohammed's words and deeds; the Biblical law of Moses, Psalms, and the Gospel of Jesus that [Injill] accepted by the Koran, but considered "corrupted" by Muslims.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune - a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

    It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Christians do not believe in three Gods as many Muslims claim.  Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[ISLAM]
Who is God?
God, [Allah] is one. God revealed the Koran to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel. God is a severe judge and will sometimes be merciful, and is not depicted as loving.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[ISLAM]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is one of up to 124,000 prophets sent by God to various cultures. Abraham, Moses, and Mohammed are others. Jesus was born of a virgin, but is not the son of God. He was sinless, but not defined or God himself. He was not crucified. He ascended to heaven without dying. He is referred to as Messiah and Ayatollah - the sign of God. Jesus will return in the future to live and die.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[ISLAM]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Koran refers to Jesus as spirit of God. Muslim scholars see the angel Gabriel as the Holy Spirit.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace through faith, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[ISLAM]
How is one to be saved?
Humans are basically good, but fallible and need guidance. The balance between good and bad deeds determines eternal destiny in Paradise or hell. God's mercy may tip the balances, but it is arbitrary and uncertain. Good works are emphasized!

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus' bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[ISLAM]
What happens after death?
There is a resurrection of bodies. The final day of reckoning and rewards. Eternal paradise for those who believe in Islam. Eternal hell for infidels, or for those who reject Islam.  There are 70 plus virgins awaiting men who have pleased Allah.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[ISLAM]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Followers are called Muslims. They go to Mosques for prayers, sermons, and counsel. They practice Jihad, which are wholly efforts to spread Islam in various ways. There are five pillars of Islam: they confess that Allah is the one true God and that Mohammed is his prophet. They pray five times daily facing Mecca. They give alms or money. They fast during the month of Ramadan and make pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime.


EXPANDED ISLAM COMPARISON SECTION!
(REASONS WHY THE KORAN IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD)

WHAT MUSLIMS CLAIM THE TRUTH
It is 100% Arabic It has over 125 foreign words
It was written by God It is written in the dialect of someone living in 7th century Mecca
It has no grammatical errors It has many grammatical errors
The text is perfect with no conflicting variant readings. It has thousands of conflicting variant readings.
The original manuscript still Exists today. There was no original manuscript. It was originally written on bones, bark, palm leaves, stones etc.
No words were ever lost Many Suras were lost and some taken out by Uthman.
It has no human author - Allah wrote it! Mohammed was the human author.
It did not come from any pre-existing historical or cultural sources but was written in heaven from all eternity The sources of the stories and doctrines in the Koran have been identified. They come from Jewish, pagan, and Christian sources.
It has no contradictions. It has many contradictions.
It confirms the Bible. It contradicts the Bible.
It has no scientific errors It has scientific errors.
It has no historical errors. It has many historical errors.



FIVE REASONS WHY ALLAH IS NOT GOD

  1. The word "Allah" (from al-ilah) was one of the titles of the Moon-god in Arabia. He was married to the Sun-goddess and the stars were the "daughters of Allah." The symbol of the Moon with several stars next to it referred to the Moon-god Allah and his daughters.
  2. The pagan Moon-god Allah was worshipped by:
    • Praying several times a day toward Mecca
    • Taking a pilgrimage to Mecca
    • Running around the Kabah seven times
    • Caressing the black stone
    • Throwing stones at the devil
    • Sacrificing a sheep
    • Giving alms to the poor
    • Fasting during the day for the month that begins and ends with the moon in its crescent phase
  3. Mohammed was raised in the religion of the Moon-god. His pagan father and uncle even had "Allah" as part of their name in honor of the Moon-god. The influences are very evident in the Koran.
  4. Mohammed took the name, symbols, rites and ceremonies of the pagan moon-god religion and renamed it Islam.
    • Using a crescent moon and stars on mosques, minarets, flags, etc.
    • Praying several times a day to Mecca
    • Taking a pilgrimage to Mecca
    • Running around the Kabah seven times
    • Caressing the black stone
    • Throwing stones at the devil
    • Sacrificing a sheep
    • Giving alms to the poor
    • Fasting during the day for the month that begins and ends with the moon in its crescent phase
  5. Allah is not the God of the Bible
WHAT MUSLIMS CLAIM THE TRUTH
Allah God of the Bible
Unknowable Knowable
Not limited by his nature Limited by His nature ? Love!
Not a God of unmerited grace A God of unmerited grace
Nor the savior of His people The Savior of His people
The greatest deceiver (Sura 3:54) A God of Truth
Not a Trinity A Holy Tri-unity
Never incarnate Incarnate in Christ



FIVE REASONS WHY THE TRI-UNITY OF GOD IS TRUE!

[Islam denies the Tri-Unity of the Godhead of Biblical Christianity]

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! (Deut. 6:4)

  1. The Bible teaches that there is but one, true, eternal, living Being who is God by nature and Maker of heaven and earth and that this one true God exists in three persons: The Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.
    • There is a Person called the Father who is identified as God in both the Old and New Testament (Isa 63:15-16; 2 Tim. 1:2).
    • There is a Person called the Son who is identified as God in both the Old and New Testament (Isa.9:6; John 20:28).
    • There is a Person called Holy Spirit who is identified as God in both the Old and New Testament (Psa.139:7; Acts 5:3-4)
  2. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit together comprise the one name of the One true God (Matt. 28:19-20).
  3. Anyone who denies the Father or the Son is an anti-Christ.
    "Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also." (1 John 2:22-23)
  4. Since Muhammad denied the Father and the Son (Sura 6:100-101) he was an antichrist.
  5. Mohammed mistakenly thought that Christians believes in three gods, the Father, the Mother (Mary) and the Son (Sura 5:76 cf.v.116). This error in the Koran reveals that it is not the Word of God.

 

SECTION 4 - DVD SERIES ON ISLAM


(This series is for the Muslim inquirer or any serious student desiring to understand Islam. It is taught fvfrom the Muslim perspective! The series is taught by a Coptic Christian priest (Zakaraia Botros) from Egypt He teaches and speaks in Arabic but these instructional DVD'S are narrated in English by Nahed Metwally.

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Teaching 1 - God is One in Holy Trinity
Teaching 2 - Necessity of the Creed of Trinity
Teaching 3 - Testimony of Islam on the Creed of the Trinity
Teaching 4 - Who are the Disbelievers?
Teaching 5 - The Christ is God or the Son of God?
Teaching 6 - The Incarnated Word of God
Teaching 7 - The Meaning of the Son of God
Teaching 8 - Is the "Son of God" befitting "God"?
Teaching 9 - The Purpose of the Christ Incarnation
Teaching 10 - The Christ Crucifixion and the Godly plan
Teaching 11 - God?s Justice and Mercy in Redemption
Teaching 12 - Concept of Redemption in the Bible
Teaching 13 - The Prerequisites of the Redeemer
Teaching 14 - Answering Challenges of Christ?s Crucifixion
Teaching 15 - Was the Holy Bible Falsified
Teaching 16 - Answering the Claims of Falsification of the Taurat
Teaching 17 - The Quran attesting for the Veracity of the Bible
Teaching 18 - Testimony of the Islamic Scholars
Teaching 19 - Did the Quran Abrogate the Holy Bible?
Teaching 20 - The Abrogation in the Quran
Teaching 21 - Muhammad's Testimony and Intro. to the Abrogation
Teaching 22 - Questions about Abrogation
Teaching 23 - Number of Abrogated Verses
Teaching 24 - Abrogation Continued and + Non-Existent Verses
Teaching 25 - Abrogation Continued + the Preserved Tablet
Teaching 26 - Conclusion of the Abrogation
Teaching 27 - The Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam
Teaching 28 - Is the Quran from God? Evidences of Inspiration?
Teaching 29 - Collection of the Quran and the Burning of the Copies
Teaching 30 - Manuscripts of the Holy Quran
Teaching 31 - Suspected Errors in the Bible
Teaching 32 - Objection to the Song of Songs
Teaching 33 - Objections to the Injeel
Teaching 35 - Objections to Wars in Christianity and in Islam
Teaching 36 - The Qualities of the Messenger
Teaching 37 - Christ? Peace and Muhammad?s Terrorism
Teaching 38 - Muhammad?s Wars
Teaching 39 - Muhammad?s Wives and Aisha (6 year old girl)
Teaching 40 - Woman in Islam
Teaching 41 - The Possibility of Criticizing Islam, the Quran, and Muh
Teaching 42 - Multiplicity and Variance of the Mushafs
Teaching 43 - Differences in the Quranic Texts
Teaching 44 - Contradictions in the Quran - Answers to Census of Israel
Teaching 45 - Lingual Inimitability and Grammatical Mistakes
Teaching 46 - NON Arabic Words in the Quran
Teaching 47 - Quranic Inimitability and Historical Mistakes
Teaching 48 - Quranic Inimitability and Scientific Mistakes
Teaching 49 - Quranic Inimitability and the Creation Verses
Teaching 50 - Is the Quran the words of God or the words of Moh/Ang.
Teaching 51 - The sources of the Quran ? (myths)
Teaching 52 - The Sources of the Quran - (Israeliyyat)
Teaching 53 - The Sources of the Quran ? (Christian cutlers)
Teaching 54 - The Sources of the Quran
Teaching 55 - The Sources of the Quran ? (Iranian Zoroastrianism)
Teaching 56 - The Sources of the Quran ? (pre-Islamic paganism 1)
Teaching 57 - The Sources of the Quran ? (pre-Islamic paganism 2)
Teaching 58 - The Sources of the Quran ? (pre-Islamic paganism 3)
Teaching 59 - Islam and the Haneefs and Comparison

SECTION 5 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS. MORMONISM


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[MORMONISM]
Key person/Founder:
Joseph Smith, Jr. - Founded the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints in 1830 in New York. Headquarters is in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[MORMONISM]
Key Writings:
The Book of Mormon; Doctrine and Covenants; Pearl of Great Price; the Bible, King James version only or Smith's inspired version; authoritative teachings of Mormon prophets and other LDS General authorities.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[MORMONISM]
Who is God?
God the Father was once a man, but became God. He has a physical body, as does his wife, [Heavenly Mother]. There is no Trinity. There is no Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. They are three separate gods. Worthy men may one day become gods themselves.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[MORMONISM]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is a separate God from the Father, Elohim. He was created as a spirit child by the Father and Mother in heaven, and as the elder brother of all men in spirit beings. His body was created through sexual union between Elohim and Mary. Jesus was married. His death on the Cross does not provide full of atonement for all sin, but does provide everyone with resurrection. Jesus is also Satan's brother!

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[MORMONISM]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is a God separate from the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is a fluid like substance by which the Father exercises his influence.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[MORMONISM]
How is one to be saved?
Resurrected by grace, but saved [exalted to Godhood] by good works, including faithfulness to church leaders, Mormon baptism, tithing, ordination, marriage, and sacred temple rituals. No eternal life without Mormon membership.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus? bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[MORMONISM]
What happens after death?
Eventually, nearly everyone goes to one of three separate heavenly kingdoms, with some achieving godhood. Apostates and murderers go to Outer darkness.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[MORMONISM]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
No alcohol, tobacco, coffee, or tea. Baptism on behalf of the dead. Two-year missionary commitment encouraged. Door-to-door proselytizing. Secret temple rituals available only to members in good standing. Extensive social network. People of African ancestry not granted full access to Mormon priesthood and privileges until 1978.

 

SECTION 6 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS. SCIENTOLOGY


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
Key Person/Founder:
L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology in 1954 in California. The current headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
Key Writings:
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and others by Hubbard. The Way to Happiness.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune ? a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".
 


"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
Who is God?
Does not define God or Supreme Being, but rejects Biblical description of God. Everyone is a "theaten," or a mortal spirit with unlimited powers over its own universe, but not all are aware of this.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
Who it is Jesus?
Jesus is rarely mentioned in Scientology. Jesus was not the creator, and not an "operating thetan" and in control of supernatural powers, cleared from mental defects. Jesus did not die for sins.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is not part of this belief.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
How is one to be saved?
No sin or need to repent. Salvation is freedom from reincarnation. One must work with an "auditor" on his "engrams" [hang-ups] to achieve the state of clear, then progress up the bridge to total freedom.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus? bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
What happens after death?
Hell is a myth. People who get clear of in engrams become operating thetans.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[SCIENTOLOGY]
Other beliefs or practices:
Members observe birth of Hubbard and anniversary of publication of Dianetics. Controversy follows the group worldwide. Time magazine and Reader's Digest have published damaging exposés. Various media have reported that church leaders have had indictments and or convictions for burglary, wiretapping, conspiracy, and other felonies.

 

SECTION 7 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
Key Person/Founder:
Charles Taze Russell was the founder, later Joseph F. Rutherford. It began in 1879 in Pennsylvania. The headquarters are located in Brooklyn, New York.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
Key Writings:
All current Watchtower Publications, including the Bible; New World Translation only, Reasoning From the Scriptures; You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. Watchtower! and Awake magazines.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".
 

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
Who is God?
One-person God, called Jehovah. No Trinity. Jesus is the first being that Jehovah created.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is not God. Before he lived on earth, he was Michael, the Archangel. Jehovah made the universe through him. On earth he was a man who lived a perfect life. After dying on a stake - not a Cross, he was a resurrected as a spirit; his body was destroyed. Jesus is not coming again; he returned in visibly in 1914 in spirit. Very soon, he and his angels will destroy all non Jehovah's Witnesses.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is impersonal and not God, but rather an invisible, active force from Jehovah.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
How is one to be saved?
You are to be baptized as Jehovah's witnesses. Most followers must earn everlasting life on Earth by door-to-door work. Salvation in Heaven is limited to 144,000 anointed ones. The number is already reached.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus' bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[JEHOVAH?S WITNESSES]
What happens after death?
The 144,000 live as spirits in Heaven. The rest of the righteous, the great crowd, lived on earth, and must obey God perfectly for 1000 years or be annihilated.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[JEHOVAHS WITNESSES]
Other beliefs or practices:
They are known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract society. They meet on Sundays in Kingdom Halls. Active members are encouraged to distribute literature door to door. Once a year, lords evening meal; only anointed ones may partake. Do not observe holidays or birthdays. They do not vote, salute the flag, work in the military, or accept blood transfusions. They believe Armageddon will occur soon.

 

SECTION 8 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS. BUDDHISM


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[BUDDHISM]
Key Person/Founder:
Buddha [Siddhartha Gautama] founded it about 525 B.C. in India. It is an offshoot of Hinduism.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[BUDDHISM]
Key Writings:
The Tripitaca, or Three Baskets, which has more than 100 volumes.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[BUDDHISM]
Who is God?
Buddhism is mostly atheistic. Many Buddhists do not believe in a God or supreme being of any kind. Others speak of the Buddha as a universal enlightened consciousness or as a god.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[BUDDHISM]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus Christ is not part of this belief. Buddhist in the West generally viewed Jesus as an enlightened man.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[BUDDHISM]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is not part of this belief.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[BUDDHISM]
How is one to be saved?
The goal of life is Nirvana, to eliminate all desires or cravings, and in this way escape suffering. The "eight fold" path is a system to free Buddhist from desiring anything.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[BUDDHISM]
What happens after death?
People do not have a soul or spirit. However, one's desires and feelings may be reincarnated into another person. There is no heaven or hell.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[BUDDHISM]
Other beliefs or practices:
The eight fold Path recommends right knowledge, intensions, speech, conduct, livelihood, right effort, mindfulness, and meditation. Some Buddhist groups talk about an eternal Buddha or life force. Some Buddhist offshoots includes Zen, and Tibetan [Occultic] as well as Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism.

 

SECTION 9 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE!


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]
Key Person/Founder:
Mary Baker Eddy is the founder. It was founded in 1875 in Massachusetts and the current headquarters is in Boston.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]
Key Writings:
Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures; Miscellaneous Writings; Manual of the Mother Church; in other books by Mrs. Eddy. The Bible [ not as reliable]. Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and other writings.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]
Who is God?
God is impersonal Principle of life, truth, love, intelligence, and spirit. God is all that truly exists [matter is an illusion].

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE] Who Is Jesus' Jesus was not the Christ, but a man who displayed the Christ idea. Christ means perfection, not person. Jesus was not God, and God can never become a man or flesh. He did not suffer and could not suffer for sins. He did not die on the cross. He was not resurrected physically. He will not literally come back.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit Is defined as the teaching of Christian Science. It is an impersonal power.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]

How is one to be saved?
Humanity is already eternally say. Sin, evil, sickness, and death are not real.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]
What happens after death?
Death is not real. Heaven and hell are states of mind. The way to reach heaven is by attaining harmony and oneness with God.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[CHRISTIAN SCIENCE]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Members use Christian Science practitioners instead of doctors. Healing comes from realizing one cannot be sick or hurt and that the body cannot be ill, suffer pain, or die. It is a matter of an illusion. It attracts followers by claims of miraculous healing.

 

SECTION 10 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS HINDUISM


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[HINDUISM]
Key Person/Founder:
There is no one founder. There are many sects and began in 1800 to 1000 B.C. in India.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[HINDUISM]
Key Writings:

Many writings including the Vedas [oldest about 1000 B.C.], the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad-Gita.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[HINDUISM]
Who is a God?
God is "The Absolute", a universal spirit. Everyone is part of God [Brahman] like drops in the sea. People worship manifestations of Brahman gods and goddesses. People are God, but are unaware of it.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[HINDUISM]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus Christ as a teacher, a guru, or an avatar, an incarnation of Vishnu. He is a son of God as are others. His death did not atone for sins and he did not rise from the dead.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[HINDUISM]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is not part of this belief.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[HINDUISM]
How is one to be saved?
Released from the cycles of reincarnation. Achieved through yoga and meditation. Can take many lifetimes. Final salvation is absorption or union with Brahman.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus? bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[HINDUISM]
What happens after death?
From reincarnation into a better status or good Karma, if a person has behaved well. If one has been bad, he can be reborn and pay for past sins or bad Karma by suffering.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[HINDUISM]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Some disciples wear orange robes, and have shaved heads. Many Hindus worship stone and wood in the idols and temples. Gurus demand complete obedience. Disciples meditate on a word, phrase, or picture. Yoga involves meditation, chanting, postures, breathing exercises. The foundation of New Age and transcendental meditation come from Hinduism.

 

SECTION 11 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS UNITY


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:

Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[UNITY]
Key person/Founder

Charles and Myrtle Fillmore were founders. Unity was founded in 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri. The headquarters are in Unity Village, Missouri.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[UNITY]
Key Writings:
Unity magazine. Lessons in Truth, Metaphysical Bible Dictionary, the Bible, [not as reliable as it is interpreted with hidden meanings].

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune - a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".
 

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[UNITY]
Who is God?
An invisible and impersonal power. God is interchangeable with principal, law, being, mind, spirit. God is in everything, much as the soul is in the body. No Trinity. The Spirit is reality; matter is not.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[UNITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus was a man and not the Christ. Instead, he was a man who had Christ consciousness. Christ is a state of perfection in every person. Jesus had lived many times before and was in search of his own salvation. Jesus did not die as a sacrifice for anyone sins. Jesus did not rise physically and will never return to Earth in physical form.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[UNITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is the law of God in action, the executive power of both Father and Son. A definite thought in the mind of man.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[UNITY]
How is one to be saved?
By recognizing that each person is as much a son of God as Jesus is. There is no evil, no devil, no sin, no poverty, and no old age. A person is reincarnated until he learns these truths and becomes perfect.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus' bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[UNITY]
What happens after death?
Death is a result of wrong thinking. One moves to a different body [reincarnation] until enlightenment. No literal heaven or hell.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[UNITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Worship services are held in Unity churches. Counseling and prayer ministry by phone and mail. It is reported that Unity receives millions of prayer request annually. Unity devotionals, such as Daily Word, are used by members of other religious groups and churches. Millions of pieces of literature are printed each year.

 

SECTION 12 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS BAHAI WORLD FAITH


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[BAHAI]
Key Person/Founder:
Mizra Ali Mohammed [the Bab] and Misra Husayn Ali [Bahaullah] founded it in 1844 in Iran. The headquarters are in Haifa, Israel.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[BAHAI]
Key Writings:
Writings of Bahaullah Abdul-Baha: Kitab-i-Aqdas and Kitab-i-lqan. The Bible is also used, and interpreted spiritually to conform to Baha'i theology.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.
 


[BAHAI]
Who is God?
God is an unknowable divine being, who has revealed himself through nine manifestations or religious leaders, including Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, Mohammed, and Bahaullah.
 


[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[BAHAI]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is one of many manifestations of God. Each manifestation supersedes the previous, giving new teachings about God. Jesus, who superseded Moses, was superseded by Mohammed, and most recently by the greatest, Bahaullah or the glory of Allah. Jesus is not God and do not rise from the dead. He is not the only way to God. Jesus has returned to Earth in the form of Bahaullah.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[BAHAI]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is divining energy from God, that empowers every manifestation. The Spirit of Truth prefers to Bahaullah.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[BAHAI]
How is one to be saved?
It takes faith in the manifestation of God [Bahaullah]. It is knowing and living by his principles and teachings [Bahaullah].

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[BAHAI]
What happens after death?

One Personal immortality based on good works, with rewards for the faithful. Heaven and Hell are conditions, not places.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[BAHAI]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Bahai originated as an Islamic sect and was severely persecuted in Iran. Bahai teaches that all religions have the same source, principles, and aims. Stress on the oneness and world unity. Meetings are called spiritual assemblies.

 

SECTION 13 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS NEW AGE!


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:
Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[NEW AGE]
Key Person/Founder:
Based on Eastern mystics, Hinduism, and paganism. Popularized in part by actor Shirley McLean in the 1980s and 90s.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[NEW AGE]
Key Writings:
No holy book. They use selected Bible passages; Ching; Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist writings; and Native American beliefs. Writings on astrology, mysticism, and magic.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune - a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".
 

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.

[NEW AGE]
Who is God?
Everything and everyone is God. God is an impersonal force or principle, not a person. People have unlimited inner power and need to discover it.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[NEW AGE]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is not the one true God. He is not a savior, but a spiritual model, and Guru, and is now an Ascended Master. He was a New Ager who tapped into divine power in the same way that everyone can. Many believe he went East to India or to Tibet and learned mystical truths. He did not rise physically, but grew into a higher spiritual realm.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[NEW AGE]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
Sometimes a psychic force. Man has been divine and can experience psychic phenomena such as contacting unearthly beings.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[NEW AGE]
How is one to be saved?
Need to offset bad karma with good karma. Can tap into supernatural power through meditation, self-awareness, T. M. and spirit guides. Use terms such as re-born for this new self-awareness.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus? bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[NEW AGE]
What happens after death?
Human reincarnations occur until person reaches oneness with God. No eternal life as a resurrected person. No literal heaven or hell.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[NEW AGE]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Can include yoga, meditation, visualization, astrology, channeling, hypnosis, trances, tarot card readings, and contact with spirits. Use of crystals to get in harmony with God, [energy], for psychic healing, for contact with spirits, and for developing higher consciousness, or other psychic powers. Strive for world unity and peace, and holistic health.

 

SECTION 14 - BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY VS HARE KRISHNA!


[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Person/Founder:

Jesus Christ. Founded about A. D. 30-33, in the Judean province of Palestine, [which is Israel today] under the Roman Empire.
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
Key person/Founder:
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It was founded in 1965 in New York. It is based on Hindu teachings from the A.D. 1500?s.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Key Writings:
The Bible, written originally in Hebrew [Old Testament] and Aramaic [New Testament], and Greek.
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
Key Writings:
Back to Godhead magazine. Prahubada?s translations of and commentaries on Hindu scriptures, especially Bhagavad-Gita, As It Is.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is God?
The One God is triune - a tri-unity. The word "one" in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) below is a compound "one" and not a singular "one".
 

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!"

It is one God in three persons, not three gods: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Often the title "God" designates the first person, and God the Father. God is a spiritual being without a physical body. He is personal and involved with people. He created the universe out of nothing. He is eternal, changeless, holy, loving, and perfect.

[HARE KRISHNA]
Who is God?
God is Lord Krishna. Krishna is a personal creator; the souls of all living things are part of him. Writings say Krishna once divided himself into 16,308 forms to mate with 16,308 female cowherds.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God, the second person of the Trinity. As God the Son, he has always existed and was never created. He is fully God and fully man [the two natures joined, not mixed]. As the second person of the Trinity, he is co-equal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. In becoming man, he was begotten through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. Jesus is the only way to the Father, salvation, and eternal life. He died on a Cross according to God's plan, as full sacrifice in payment for our sins. He rose from the dead on the third day, spiritually and physically a mortal. For the next 40 days, he was seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses. His wounds were touched and he ate meals. He physically ascended to heaven. Jesus will come again visibly and physically at the end of the world to establish God's kingdom and judge the world.
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is not important to this group. He is usually thought of as an enlightened vegetarian teacher who taught meditation. He is not an incarnation of God. Some Krishna devotees consider Christ to be Krishna. Others say Jesus is a great avatar or teacher.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is God, the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force or energy field. He comforts, grieves, reproofs, convicts, guides, teaches, and fills Christians. He is not the Father, nor the Son, Jesus Christ.
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is not part of this belief.

[CHRISTIANITY]
How is one to be saved?
Salvation is by God's grace, not by an individual's good works. Salvation must be received by repentance (a turning away from and forsaking of sin) and by faith. People must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins and physically rose again, which is the assurance of forgiveness and resurrection of the body. This is God's loving plan to forgive sinful people.
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
How is one to be saved?
Chanting Krishna's name constantly, total devotion to Krishna, worshiping images, and obeying the rules of ISKCON throughout many reincarnated lives, releases a follower from bad karma.

[CHRISTIANITY]
What happens after death?
Believers go to be with Jesus. After death, all people await the final judgment. Both saved and lost people will be resurrected. Those who were saved live with Jesus in Heaven. Those are lost suffer the torment of eternal separation from God in Hell. Jesus? bodily resurrection guarantees believers that they, too, will be resurrected receive new a mortal bodies.
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
What happens after death?
Those who are unenlightened continue an endless reincarnation or rebirth on earth, based on the sinful acts of a person's previous life.

[CHRISTIANITY]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Group worship, usually in churches. No secret rites. Baptism and the Lord's supper [Communion]. Active voluntary missionary efforts. Aid to those in need: the poor, widows, orphans, and downtrodden. Christians believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah promised to Israel in the Old Testament [Tanakh]. Jesus said his followers would be known by their love for one another!
 


[HARE KRISHNA]
Other Beliefs or Practices:
Public chanting of Hare Krishna mantra, yoga, food offerings, soliciting donations. Vegetarian diet. No intoxicants, no gambling, sex for procreation only. ISKCON which is the International Society for Krishna Consciousness attracts new members through feasts and Indian cultural programs. Followers are given new names, and often cut family ties.