Comparative View of World Religions

As Viewed by Biblical Christianity

Reference: paraphrased selection from 17 faiths compared to Biblical Christianity, Christianity, Cults & Religions, 1996 Rose
Publishing.
Note: It is not clear what specific affiliation Rose Publishing has, but it seems that "Biblical Christianity" would represent the more
literalist Protestant denominations, and perhaps to a lesser extent Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

Who is
Founding Writings Who is God? Holy Spirit To be Saved After Death Other
Jesus?

God the Son;

begotten of the
Holy Spirit and
born of the
All await final
virgin Mary;
judgment; all Group worship
only way to Salvation is by
One God in 3 are in churches; no
The Bible, orig. Father and God's grace, not
30-33CE by persons, Father, resurrected, secret rites;
in Hebrew and salvation; died God the Holy by good works;
Jesus Christ in Son and Holy those saved Baptism;
Aramaic (Old on cross as Spirit; a must be
Biblical Judean Spirit; a spirit, live with Jesus Communion;
Testament) payment for person, not a received by faith
Christianity province of personal and in Heaven; Jesus said His
and Greek man's sins, force or that Jesus died
Palestine under involved, those lost followers would
(New rose from the energy field. for their sins
Roman Empire eternal, loving suffer be known by
Testament) dead, then and physically
and perfect. separation their love for
seen by over rose again.
from God one another.
500
(Hell).
eyewitnesses;
will come again
at the end of
the world.

Release from
God is
Jesus was a the cycles of
"Absolute" Reincarnation Worship many
Vedas, teacher (guru) reincarnation;
universal spirit; into a better gods and
Upanishads, or an avatar achieved
1800-1000BCE everyone is part Not part of status (good goddesses that
Hinduism Bhagavad-Gita (an incarnation through
in India of God this belief. karma) if are
and many of Vishnu); his meditation; final
(Brahman) like person has manifestations
others death does not salvation is
drops in the behaved well. of Brahman.
atone for sins. union with
sea.
Brahman.

Eightfold
People do not path... right
Mostly Goal of life is
525BCE by Not part of this have a knowledge,
atheistic; nirvana, to
Siddhartha The Tripitaka belief, although soul/spirit, but intentions,
Buddha is a eliminate all
Gautama (three baskets) generally Not part of one's feelings speech,
Buddhism universal desires/cravings
(Buddha) in with over 100 viewed as an this belief. can be conduct,
enlightened and in this way
India; offshoot volumes. enlightened reincarnated; livelihood,
consciousness escape
of Hinduism. man. no heaven or effort,
or god. suffering.
hell. mindfulness
and meditation.

The Tanakh Jesus seen as

(Old God is spirit; to either an There will be a Sabbath is
Some Jews
Testament) Orthodox Jews, extremist false physical Friday eve to
believe that
and Torah God is personal messiah or a Another name resurrection; Saturday eve;
ca. 2000BCE prayer,
(first 5 books and good but for God's obedient will circumcision;
Judaism by Abraham in repentance and
of OT), Talmud compassionate; martyred activity on live forever many holy
the middle east obeying the Law
(explanation of to other Jews, teacher. Earth. with God and days;
are necessary
Tanakh), God is Orthodox Jews unrighteous Jerusalem is
for salvation.
writings of impersonal. await the will suffer. holy city.
sages. Messiah.

Jesus is one of
124,000 Humans
God (Allah) is Five pillars...
prophets; born basically good;
Koran in one; revealed one God with
of a virgin but balance between
Arabic; Hadith the Koran to Resurrection of Muhammad as
not Son of good and bad
610CE by (Muhammads's Muhammad bodies; final prophet, pray 5
God; was deeds
Muhammad words and through See the angel reckoning; times daily,
sinless; determines
Islam (570-632) in deeds); certain Gabriel; God is Gabriel as the eternal hell for give money
ascended to eternal destiny
Mecca and Biblical works a severe judge Holy Spirit. infidels, those (alms), fast
heaven without in paradise or
Medina. accepted but (sometimes who reject during month
dying (not hell; God's
considered merciful) and is Islam. of Ramadan,
crucified); a mercy is
corrupted. not depicted as pilgrimage to
messiah and arbitrary and
loving. Mecca.
ayatollah (sign uncertain.
of God).