1. If founders of both Christianity and Islam is only one God, then why do their scriptures say that their path only is true?
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Questions To Shri Datta: If both Christianity and Islam are true and their founders are of the one God who wants to unite all religions, then why both of their believers and scriptures say they are the only pathway to God and other religions are of Hell?]
Answer:- Several people say several things due to the fundamental right of freedom of speech. I am not bothered about such people. If there is a systematic logic about a point, I can involve Myself deeply in it and give My opinion. I am trying to establish Universal Spirituality and Universal religion in which every citizen of the world is expected to enrol while staying in his/her own religion.
The aim of the Universal Spirituality is to realize the basic unity of religions existing in the external diversity of culture, language etc. In every religion, the three basic points are common, which are God, heaven to reward good deeds and hell to punish bad deeds. The devotion to God or at least the fear for God will control the consciousness of every human being to do any sin and such self-resistance to sin must be achieved by every human being in this world so that there is no need of courts and police stations.
One can follow his/her own religion with full faith and sincerity, and the Universal Spirituality preaches everybody to realize that the same unimaginable God is mediated in different media as Gods of all religions and hence, one shall not criticize any other religion in view of one God giving the same basic subject of spiritual knowledge in all religions through different languages. In India, everybody is a citizen of a state and the centre simultaneously. This is also like that. World peace and all humanity to feel like one family is the main aim.
2. Do you consider Baha’u’llah, Joseph Smith, Rael and other founders of new religions are avatars of the one same God?
Answer:- Anybody establishing the religion on logical and justified grounds must be considered as the incarnation of the one same God.
3. Why is there no concept of avatars in Islam?
[If Islam is founded by Muhammad (Holy Prophet of Islam), who You consider as a God-Incarnate, then why there is no concept of avatars in Islam, or why did Quran say Islam is the only acceptable religion in the eyes of God (Allah) or the nonbelievers of Islam will go to Hell?]
ANSWER:- The meaning of this statement is that among Muslims, if anybody is a non-believer of Islam will go to hell. This does not apply to everybody in the world. Prophet Mohammad was certainly incarnation of the same one God. Since His preceding prophet, Jesus, was crucified horribly, the prophet discarded the concept of human incarnation to avoid such cruel actions from the side of devotees. This concept of the prophet was only to stop cruel actions based on the concept of incarnation.
4. Why did Christ say He is the only way to God when avatars keep coming?
[If Christianity is a religion of the same avatar-sending God, then why did Christ say He is the only way to God and those who deny Him will burn in Hell as being the victims of the Biblical God’s wrath?]
ANSWER:- “He is the only way to God” does not refer to Jesus in person, but, refers to the human incarnation in general. The unimaginable God becomes visible in the form of a human being to preach the true spiritual knowledge to humanity. The scriptures need explanations to be given by God in person because pollution of scripture in the form of insertions and deletions are possible.
5. If both Islam and Christianity came to the earth to be united, then why are there conflicts between them?
[If both Islam and Christianity came to the earth to be united, then why are there wars and conflicts between them? How are their apostates exposing these faiths false?]
ANSWER:- The religions need not be united to make one religion because the languages, cultures and customs are different from region to region. The basic unity must be realized and correlation among religions must be properly understood so that the conflicts must end forever.
6. If God is real, then how come atheists have used science, logic and best rebuttals to disprove God and religions?
ANSWER:- The atheists are unable to disprove genuine miracles through science and logic. The omnipotent God takes care of Himself at any time in this world.
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Post #2It is interesting question, are they really conflicted? Quran says that we should believe Jesus, so I think they are not in conflict.
...The Messiah ‘Jesus, the son of Mary, is only a Messenger of God, and His Word that He had delivered ...believe in God and His Messenger. ...
Quran 4:171
Re: Answers to Mr. Wild Watcher's questions
Post #3In fact, Christians and Muslims are actually cousins because both are the two branches of same ancestor Abraham. One branch was headed by Ishmael, which became Islam. The other branch headed by Isaac became Christians. Muslims recognize Jesus also as the precedent prophet to Mohammad. Mohammad was very much pained at the crucifixion of Jesus and hence resisted the concept of human incarnation, which can never be relished by the co-human beings due to ego and jealousy. This is not difference of policy but it is due to the heart felt pain by Mohammad about Jesus.1213 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 5:55 amIt is interesting question, are they really conflicted? Quran says that we should believe Jesus, so I think they are not in conflict.
...The Messiah ‘Jesus, the son of Mary, is only a Messenger of God, and His Word that He had delivered ...believe in God and His Messenger. ...
Quran 4:171
Hindus were always co-operative with every religion and you can find the peaceful co existence of Christianity and Islam in India with out any violence. In fact, Hinduism itself is a mini model of Universality of Religions. There are several sub-religions in Hinduism like Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktayism etc., which co-existed based on unity in diversity. In fact, Shankara co-related all the sub-religions and brought the unity based on single God called Brahman appearing in different forms like Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti etc. The same process of unity of religions in one region was carried on by Mohammad, who established the concept of single God called as Allah.
Of course, Shankara brought such unity by powerful logic and debate, where as Mohammad brought the same unity through powerful sword. The powerful knowledge is represented by sharp sword as said in Gita [Chchittvaa jnaanaasinaa….]. According to the circumstances and the mental level of the then existing people, knowledge or sword was used. In the time of Shankara, the quarrel was between scholars of various religions through arguments. In the time of Mohammad, the quarrel was between the heads of various religions through swords. The final result was one and the same.
