Most
Christians provide arguments for the existence of God. I won’t say that those
arguments are weak, but what’s weak is that their argument that the universal
God is the god of the Old Testament- Yahweh. If God exists, why should it be Yahweh?
It could be the Hindu God Vishnu. Why? It’s because Yahweh doesn’t fit the
description of “loving, kind and compassionate”. Vishnu does.
Let’s
make a comparison between the Hindu God and the Christian God.
Burnt offerings
Yahweh
took delight in burnt offerings of innocent animals. (Genesis 4: 4, Leviticus
1: 10- 13) He even approved human sacrifice several times. According to the Old
Testament, he won’t allow anyone’s sins to be forgiven without blood being
shed. Even though there are several passages in the Old Testament that Yahweh
hates animal sacrifices, orthodox Christians pay more attention to the chapters
of Exodus and Leviticus.
However,
Lord Vishnu doesn’t accept blood offerings. The Bhagavad Gita makes it clear
that the Hindu God prefers people to be righteous and give up worldly
attachments. He prefers self-sacrifice, and has no desire for the blood of
innocent animals. Plus, in all of His incarnations, Lord Vishnu followed a
vegetarian diet.
So,
you decide- who is more merciful- a god who takes pleasure in blood offerings
and burnt sacrifices or a god who prefers righteousness?
Murdering innocents
There
are lots of examples where the Christian God has murdered innocents.
Deuteronomy 17: 12 specifically say that anyone who
doesn’t obey a priest should be killed. It doesn’t matter if the priest did
something wrong.
Leviticus 20: 9 says that anyone who curses his/her
parents should be put to death. It doesn’t list any exceptions. So, if a little
girl curses her dad because he used to molest her every day, it is the girl you
will have to stone, not the father.
Deuteronomy 13: 12- 15
says that if some
people in a town are worshipping other gods, the town should be destroyed and
everyone should be killed. Everyone means everyone- even the babies, the
children and the animals. Along with the people who committed a minor sin, even
the innocents had to die.
1 Samuel 6: 19 show Yahweh killing a large number
of people just for their curiosity.
There
are many more examples where the Christian God has murdered people for stupid
reasons. But, the Hindu God never killed any innocent human being or animal.
Vishnu even did his best to bring sinners to the right path. He only killed
when it was a necessity. And, there isn’t a single story in Hindu mythology where
He approved a mass murder among people.
So,
you decide who is more merciful- a god who wants innocents killed for stupid
reasons, who has no problem with genocides, a god who punishes you with death
for almost any kind of sin or a god who is full or forgiveness and mercy, a god
who never approves genocides and a god who will not kill any sinner unless
he/she crosses the limit?
The theory of
punishment
According
to orthodox Christianity, if you believe in Jesus Christ and follow his
teachings, you will go to heaven for eternity. But, if you don’t believe in him
or don’t follow his teachings, you are going to hell for eternity. This theory
is stupid, but anyway, that’s not my point here. My point here is that no
matter what the crime is, will a merciful god let you burn in hell for
eternity? What’s worse is that people are only given one chance- one life. You
will be judged based on your actions only on this life and you get no other
chance. But according to Hinduism, if you commit sins in this life, you will be
born again. And, this cycle of reincarnation will continue till you can become
close to perfect and unite with God.
So,
you decide who is more merciful- a god who will let those who disobey him burn
in hell for eternity or a god who will give you many opportunities to reform
yourself?
Many
more comparisons can be made between Yahweh and Vishnu, but I don’t want to
embarrass the orthodox Christians anymore.
So,
what have you decided? If you are to believe in God, whom would you prefer Him to
be? Vishnu or Yahweh?
Blessed
are the merciful.
