Son – His Differences

Differences pertaining to Christianity and other belief Systems.

Philippe Paquette

Updated: November 2023

Topics	Christianity	Naturalism Atheism; Agnosticism; Existentialism	Judaism	Islam	Hinduism
Sacred Text	Bible (Old Testament and the New Testament)	No Sacred texts.  Based mostly on objective values.	Tanakh (Jewish Bible) (Old Testament)	Qur’an (Koran)	Vedas, Upanishads, Sutras, Bhagavad Gita
God	The Trinity (Yahweh – Three Persons in One – Father, Son, Spirit)	No revealed God	One God, Yahweh	One creator God – Allah unity – one substance, one person.	Brahman
Who is Jesus Christ	God, Son of God, Perfect Man.	Historical person, nothing more.	False Prophet Some view him as a bastard child (mamzerim), others as a Rabbi at best.	Prophet of God, but His message is now corrupt.	Jesus may have been abodhisattva (enlightened person) and he lived in Kashmir.
Death of Jesus	Death by crucifixion.	Death by crucifixion is possible but irrelevant.	Death by crucifixion.	Jesus never died but ascended bodily in heaven.  (One of Jesus’ disciples died on the cross in his place).	Jesus did not die on the cross, he escaped from Jerusalem and travelled back to Kashmir where his grave is said to exist still today.
Resurrection of Jesus	Affirmed	Denied	Denied	Jesus never died therefore denied	Denied
Jesus future return to earth	Yes	No	No	No	No
Salvation	By faith	No need for salvation. We are not lost.	By believing in  Yahweh plus doing good deeds	Only if correct belief in Islam, plus good deeds. (Five Pillars)	Redemption through one’s own actions

Differences between Jesus Christ and major Belief Systems

1. Unlike all religions that attempt in human ways to “reach their god”, with Christ, God is “reaching out to us”.

2. You see Divine Power in Jesus. He would simply speak and his words would arrest a storm, He would turn water into wine, He would walk on water, He would give sight to the blind, He would give life to dead corps, He would feed 5,000 men and women with a few fishes plus His resurrection. No other religious leaders have such miraculous a powerful demonstration of Divinity.

3. Jesus paid the price for sin and therefore can offer forgiveness.  Religious practice requires some form of action (whip yourself, rituals, do good deeds, etc.) in order to seek forgiveness.

4. Jesus died and 3 days later, rose from the dead.  He had said so in advance.  (That is why the Roman authorities posted a soldier at the entrance of the tomb). His resurrection is a proof of his divinity.  Over 500 men and woman testified that they saw Jesus alive again and held fast their confession, even through torture and death.  No other founding figure ever claimed to resurrect or ever claimed to be God.

5. Jesus requires Faith for assured salvation.  All other system of beliefs require some type of action (works) to attain salvation.  That makes the Christian salvation system unique in the sense that the solution to Eternal Life is offered from outside our human realm.  All other Religions offer solutions from inside the human realm.

#Faith #Jesus

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