[The_Reasoner]

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Hindu people do not believe in God. You believe in made up blue demons with like 50 arms and teeth that would put an english woman to shame.

How many gods do you have? 15, 16, 20?

Which one do you bow down to idolator?

By the way. What is the dot for in the middle of your head? Is it a target of some kind?

Er.. sorry sir, You're mistaken. Hindu people Believe in God. And even a 5 year old won't believe in "blue demon with 50 arms", come on!
I don't have any dot in the middle of my head??

[The_Reasoner]

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Hi, Reasoner! It seems to me that you and the good True Christian folks here on this site are talking at cross purposes. What these helpful people are trying to point out to you is that your situation is a lot more precautious than you realize. The Bible is the Word of the One True God, and as such, it requires you to familiarize yourself with what God thinks about you and all matters that concern you, and not being familiar with that information does not excuse you from accountability before God. What worries the True Christians here is the fact that you are not a follower of Jesus, have not received His gift of salvation, and yet, you see no problem with where you stand and what that entails for you. There is an urgency in your position that you seem to be blissfully unaware of, and so these caring folk are warning you in no uncertain terms to hear the Truth, take it to heart, repent and become a true believer and follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Failure to do so will result in your being condemned to eternal punishment in the fiery pits of hell. You don't have to take our word for it, read it for yourself in the Bible.

I hope I am not offending anyone by doing so, sir. That's why I'm declaring that I have no intention to offend in, like, every second comment or so.
I am very familiar with the Guidelines given to us by God. Though I am not a follower of Christ, I am a follower of God. So why should I be cast to hell?

[Pim Pendergast]

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I am a Hindu, sir. I believe in God

Why do you believe in hinduism? Just because you were born into it?

[Irinka the repentant jewess]

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Er.. sorry sir, You're mistaken. Hindu people Believe in God. And even a 5 year old won't believe in "blue demon with 50 arms", come on!
I don't have any dot in the middle of my head??

Reasoner, if I understand correctly, the god Hindus believe in is simply NOT THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, and as such, offers you no solution for your most urgent problem. You are a sinner in need of salvation, and your only chance of being saved comes from the Bible and only from God of the Bible, just read the book of Acts and you will see for yourself.

[The_Reasoner]

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Why do you believe in hinduism? Just because you were born into it?

Partly. I read up a bit about what it says, and I chose to follow it willingly afterwards.

[The_Reasoner]

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Reasoner, if I understand correctly, the god Hindus believe in is simply NOT THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, and as such, offers you no solution for your most urgent problem. You are a sinner in need of salvation, and your only chance of being saved comes from the Bible and only from God of the Bible, just read the book of Acts and you will see for yourself.

I don't know why you're saying that sir. But even if it is not same, God is God after all, not like I'm following satan. I have done no sins, that I'm sure of, so why'd I need to be saved?

[Irinka the repentant jewess]

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I hope I am not offending anyone by doing so, sir. That's why I'm declaring that I have no intention to offend in, like, every second comment or so.
I am very familiar with the Guidelines given to us by God. Though I am not a follower of Christ, I am a follower of God. So why should I be cast to hell?

That, my friend, sounds like a delusion you have forced yourself into. The Bible says plainly that there is no way to profess faith in God other than by following the Lord Jesus Christ.

[The_Reasoner]

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That, my friend, sounds like a delusion you have forced yourself into. The Bible says plainly that there is no way to profess faith in God other than by following the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our holy Book, on the other hand, says that as long as you're on the right side, it's all right. (I believe the sikh religion says so as well)

[Thomas Taylor]

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Er.. sorry sir, You're mistaken. Hindu people Believe in God. And even a 5 year old won't believe in "blue demon with 50 arms", come on!
I don't have any dot in the middle of my head??

Ok, Mr. Vindaloo.

You say that you are a Hindu. You say that you believe in God.

You are a liar and a deciever, sir.

What are these if not Hindoo gods:
Brahma, the Creator,Vishnu, the Preserver, Shiva, the Destroyer, Ganapati, the Remover of Obstacles, Rama, Krishna, Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, Lakshmi, Durga Devi, Indra, the King of Heaven and lord of the gods, Surya, the sun god, Agni, the fire god, Hanuman, the monkey king and devoted servant
Here is what The One True God has to say about false idols:

1 Corinthians 8:4

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice vnto idoles, wee know that an idole is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Look at this abomination from your pantheon, heathen:

[Dr Laurence Niles]

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I don't know why you're saying that sir. But even if it is not same, God is God after all, not like I'm following satan. I have done no sins, that I'm sure of, so why'd I need to be saved?

What this boils down to is that what you call God is not the God of the Bible. As such we as True Christians™ know that you are not a Christian.

You can't just call something God and then claim it is God There a man who always stands by the bottle bank near the Wallmart who sings 'Eye of The Tiger' who claims he is God. Does that make sense?

If you are not a Christian by accepting Jesus into you as Saviour and following the Bible (KJV1611) exactly like God wants us to you are going to go the Hell after you have been resurrected by God from unknowing death for eternal torture.

These are the facts: I hope you will embrace Jesus and let Him come into you.

YIC

[The_Reasoner]

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Ok, Mr. Vindaloo.

You say that you are a Hindu. You say that you believe in God.

You are a liar and a deciever, sir.

What are these if not Hindoo gods:
Brahma, the Creator,Vishnu, the Preserver, Shiva, the Destroyer, Ganapati, the Remover of Obstacles, Rama, Krishna, Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, Lakshmi, Durga Devi, Indra, the King of Heaven and lord of the gods, Surya, the sun god, Agni, the fire god, Hanuman, the monkey king and devoted servant
Here is what The One True God has to say about false idols:

1 Corinthians 8:4

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice vnto idoles, wee know that an idole is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Look at this abomination from your pantheon, heathen:

Both the things said by me are true. How does that make me a liar, or deceiver? Stop accusing wrongly. Of course I believe in them. It is said that all Gods are equal, or to be more accurate, one and the same. Why shouldn't God appear in any form he likes? I mean, for someone who created the universe, he should be able to take any shape, right?

[The_Reasoner]

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What this boils down to is that what you call God is not the God of the Bible. As such we as True Christians™ know that you are not a Christian.

If you are not a Christian by accepting Jesus into you as Saviour and following the Bible (KJV1611) exactly like God wants us to you are going to go the Hell after you have been resurrected by God from unknowing death for eternal torture.

These are the facts: I hope you will embrace Jesus and let Him come into you.

YIC

Well, maybe it's not God of Bible. And, I already said I am not christian. What I am trying to say is, I already am living in a way God has told, and I already have saviour. Why should I go to hell for that? And I have a question about hell later, as well.

[Adam Fag]

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Hi Reas.

It's cool to see you know God in your own way. And as long as you don't dis him and do what feels right you'll get the thumbs up from our book, too. When Luke and Mark heard there was a man on his own path (as they saw it) to serve God and spoke out, they were calmed with these words from the Lord

Luke 9 "we forbad him, because he followeth not with us." 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

It's good to see you here on the board. I'm sure you'll have much to teach us and you can learn from us too. Is Christ like an avatar of Vishnu? Then you'd be not against him. That makes sense to me. Here's how Mark puts it.

Mark 9 Jesus said 40 For he that is not against us is on our part.

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[Pim Pendergast]

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Partly. I read up a bit about what it says, and I chose to follow it willingly afterwards.

So do you believe in karma, that if something bad happens to someone, they deserve it? Do you believe if a woman is raped, she's to blame? Many of your fellow hindus do.

This week marked the start of the Kumbh Mela, a religious festival held once every 12 years, during which 100m pilgrims led by monks in silver chariots and naked holy men wielding tridents will plunge into the River Ganges at Allahabad to cleanse their sins.

These exuberant ceremonies, however, coincide with agonised introspection among middle-class Indians about the darker side of the country’s ancient cultures.

The trigger for this soul-searching was the gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student who boarded a bus with a male friend one December evening in Delhi. The brutality of this crime and, above all, the bizarre reactions of some religious and political leaders to it, have exposed contradictions between old-fashioned beliefs about women and life in a modern city.

Asaram Bapu, a 73-year-old spiritual guru known as a “godman”, particularly incensed Delhi’s liberals with his suggestion the victim was as guilty as the rapists and should have invoked the name of God and appealed to them as her “religious brothers” to stop attacking her and eviscerating her with an iron bar. Mr Asaram, a former bicycle mechanic who sports an unkempt beard and has built a business empire, later apologised and said his remarks were “taken out of context”.

Even if Mr Asaram is dismissed as an eccentric, the same cannot be said of Mohan Bhagwat, head of the powerful Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Organisation of National Volunteers), a religious group seen as the parent of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party. Mr Bhagwat said (inaccurately) that such crimes were common in “India” – that is, the modern, urban parts of the country poisoned by western culture – but not in “Bharat”, the villages and rural areas. Far from being modernised, he said, attitudes to women should be “revisited in the context of ancient Indian values”.

Ramachandra Guha, the Bangalore-based historian who says he was brought up in a home of broad-minded Hindus, notes that all but one of the correspondents who send him “Hindutva hate mail” are men.

His occasional articles on Hindu fundamentalism, he writes in his new book Patriots and Partisans, “have brought me into contact with a certain kind of Indian who gets up before dawn, has a glass of cow’s milk, prays to the sun god, and begins scanning cyber space for that day’s secular heresies”.

How can you say you haven't committed any sins? Are you better than the millions of your fellow hindus who go through the meaningless ceremony of washing themselves in the River Ganges?

[Dr Laurence Niles]

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Well, maybe it's not God of the Bible......What I am trying to say is, I already am living in a way God has told, and I already have saviour. Why should I go to hell for that?

If it is not the god of the Bible or God as I like to call Him the Bible says you will go to Hell.

That you do not understand does not matter. I personally can't figure out why God hates the gaywise. But hate them he does and He commands that they be killed if allowed by the secular law. As a Christian that is my position too. I don't need to understand God, I just need to obey Him.

Do you see now?

YIC