Afterlife: Hinduism
Eastern religions and philosophy can be difficult for us to understand since it takes a completely different approach to thought and logic. However because of an over accepted of all religions we see more and more of Hindu ideas becoming more common in our culture. From movies lime Star Wars which teaches there is a universal, impersonal force present everywhere to Avator which shows a godlike presence not only everywhere but in everything. So now things are not just created by a creator but everything is actually part of the creator. This term in Hindu called Brahman is the concept that God is not personal and cannot be known, but more like gravity. Mankind is therefore part of Brahman like water drops in an ocean and the afterlife is our continual process of trying to be reconnected to Brahman. This process invovles reincarnation and finding enlightenment through multiple and varying paths. In Hinduism all paths can lead back to Brahman you just need to be faithful to the path you choose.
From a Chrisitan perspective we would reject the notion that God is impersonal and we hold to the fact we can have a relationship with Him (Gen.1:26; 2 Cor. 5:18). That is why we can call God Father and we can have a personal relationship with Him. We know Scripture teaches that we only have one life and there is only one path to God (Heb. 9:27; John 14:6). It is not intolerant to say Jesus is the only way but we are thankful THERE IS A WAY back to God.
May we continue to understand why Jesus is so important to our faith and how different his claims are to all other religions.
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