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Is Christianity only For Christians?

Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
I have loved Christ ever since I was a child. But I am a Hindu (by birth .. a very watered down Hindu)

Only thing I do not believe is .. Jesus was the only Son of God.

I believe we are all children of God but that because of his devotion and purity of his soul, he was a very special child.

We call it avatar of God (God descended to earth in his being)

I pray to Christ regularly. Are my prayers null because I do not believe he was the only Son of God?

namaste

A_B

I believe it is good for your soul to pray to Jesus as it is good for my soul to pray to Krishna. Both have brought great light to humanity with Their Teachings and to pray to Them is to be thakful to God/Vishnu or whatever you call our Creator God. Prayer is a good starting point to revere such Great Educators and if we are sincere our understanding will evolve over time.

Jesus spoke of us all being sons of God.
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
Why not? Who is anyone to tell someone how to believe?

I'm a Christian Taoist. Many Christians would see me as some kind of heretic. But it's between me and God. If he wants to judge me, I guess I'm judged.
Sorry, it was a curiousity question for Amani Bhava.

You're right. Nobody has the right to tell anyone else how to believe, but that doesn't stop us from asking people questions about why they believe what they believe. It expands our understanding of the human diversity.
 

Amani_Bhava

Member
I'm curious.
So what's missing in your birth religion that you feel the need to go outside that paradigm? Did you have some experience that needed a prayer, and only Jesus could answer it? Not Ganesha, or Krishna?

Many things are missing in my birth religion .. I do not like Hindu way of worship .. it does not bring peace to my mind .. it does not make me feel closer to God as a church does .. Hindu temples are dirty .. and a place for brahmin priests (called panda) to extort money.

My birth religion is not Hinduism proper but Brahmo Dharma which drew heavily from Christianity for its liturgy .. our place of worship has pew and looks like a church .. I am not exactly a mainstream Hindu .. we are quite different ..

For the sake of convenience I identify myself as a Hindu .. I am a Hindu-Buddhist with liberal sprinkling of Christianity

namaste

A_B
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
Many things are missing in my birth religion .. I do not like Hindu way of worship .. it does not bring peace to my mind .. it does not make me feel closer to God as a church does .. Hindu temples are dirty .. and a place for brahmin priests (called panda) to extort money.

My birth religion is not Hinduism proper but Brahmo Dharma which drew heavily from Christianity for its liturgy .. our place of worship has pew and looks like a church .. I am not exactly a mainstream Hindu .. we are quite different ..

For the sake of convenience I identify myself as a Hindu .. I am a Hindu-Buddhist with liberal sprinkling of Christianity

namaste

A_B

Thanks. That explains a lot. I always knew my religion had great diversity, but to be aware of the totality of that is nigh impossible. By Brahmo Dharma do you mean Brahmo Samaj, or is that something different again?
 

Amani_Bhava

Member
Thanks. That explains a lot. I always knew my religion had great diversity, but to be aware of the totality of that is nigh impossible. By Brahma Dharma do you mean Brahmo Samaj, or is that something different again?

Yes Brahmo Samaj ..

namaste

A_B
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Son was before creation.

True, the Son was before creation meaning before the creation of all other things.
In other words, the pre-human Jesus was God's only-begotten heavenly Son, and everything else comes through Jesus. So, before all other invisible creation, and then all material/physical creation is Jesus.
The God of the Bible is Not a creation, but the Creator - Revelation 4:11.
His first or beginning creation as per Revelation 3:14 B was the pre-human Jesus.
God has No beginning as per Psalms 90:2
So, only Creator God was before creation and Jesus was Not before God.
Jesus is part of the ' us ' found in Genesis 1:26
Kind of like the Father taking His Son into the family business of creating things.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
I believe it is good for your soul to pray to Jesus ......
Jesus spoke of us all being sons of God.

Since Jesus did Not pray to himself but instructed us to pray to his Father in Heaven, and to worship his Father as per John 4:23-24, then Christians do Not pray to Jesus but pray to the Father of Jesus.

God called Jesus as Son. We find Jesus has 'brothers' at Matthew 25:40. They are sons of God.
The figurative humble ' sheep' of Matthew 25:37 are Not called Jesus' brothers as those in verse 40 are.
So, there is a distinction. True Christianity is a brotherhood, but only some have that particular ' brother ' position such as those of Luke 22:28-30. So, we are God's children, but only some have that special ' brother ' relationship.
 

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
For a short period of time the son walked the earth.
Walked the Earth with the purpose of Luke 4:43 to tell others about the good news of God's kingdom of Daniel 2:44 is the solution to mankind's woes.
Jesus instructed his followers at Matthew 24:14 to also spread his good-news message on a world wide scale before the 'time of separation' comes on Earth as described at Matthew 25:31-33,37,40.
So, although 'walking the Earth for a short period of time' Jesus' teachings have now reached an international scale as never before in history, so we know that ' time of separation ' on Earth will soon come to pass with the reward for those of Matthew 25:37 to come through the coming great tribulation of Revelation 7:14. Then Jesus, as Prince of Peace, will usher in global Peace on Earth among persons of goodwill.
 
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Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
Since Jesus did Not pray to himself but instructed us to pray to his Father in Heaven, and to worship his Father as per John 4:23-24, then Christians do Not pray to Jesus but pray to the Father of Jesus.

God called Jesus as Son. We find Jesus has 'brothers' at Matthew 25:40. They are sons of God.
The figurative humble ' sheep' of Matthew 25:37 are Not called Jesus' brothers as those in verse 40 are.
So, there is a distinction. True Christianity is a brotherhood, but only some have that particular ' brother ' position such as those of Luke 22:28-30. So, we are God's children, but only some have that special ' brother ' relationship.

Thanks for your post.

Many Christians pray to Jesus directly, or through Him to God. They would find Theological justification that would be at variance with the Teachings of the JW church. Similarly the Divinity of Jesus and His Sonship are understood differently amidst Christian denominations.

I’m comfortable praying to Jesus and don’t feel obligated to accept the entire set of doctrines of any Christian denomination, JWs included. However I respect Christians right to believe and pray to Jesus or not in accordance with their sincere beliefs.
 
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