| Baptist / Protestant |
Buddhist |
Hindu |
Jehovah's Witness |
New Age |
Mormon |
Muslim |
|
| What
do they believe about God? |
One God revealed as
Father, Son & Holy Spirit. |
Irrelevant or Buddahood. |
Many gods, including
Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu. |
Jehovah, an impersonal
force. |
Everything is god. |
God the Father is a
glorified man with a physical body. |
One god called Allah. |
| What
do they believe about Jesus? |
God's
eternal and sinless Son, the supreme example for living and of God's
love for people. Died and rose from the dead to provide forgiveness of
sin for all who believe in Him. |
A teacher who may
possess Buddahood. |
A great religious
teacher. |
Was once the archangel
Michael; then became Messiah, and after His resurrection became Michael
again. |
A great teacher or
prophet. |
Jesus is the physical
child of God. |
A major prophet who is
not God's Son. He did not die on the cross but was taken into heaven. |
| What
are their holy writings? |
The
Bible (Old & New Testaments) recognized as the inspired Word of God
- authoritative, unique, and without any mixture of error. |
Sutras. |
Vedas, Upanishads,
Epids, Puranas. |
Bible as interpreted by
The Watchtower Society. |
Many recognized writings. |
Bible (except for
supposed errors), the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl
of Great Price. |
Quran (Koran), dictated
to the prophet Muhammad by an angel. |
| What
do they believe about sin? |
Willful rebellion
against God. |
A desire that results in
suffering. |
Ignorance of oneness
with god - failure to observe caste (social class) rules. |
Willful rebellion
against Jehovah. |
No real concept of sin,
only ignoring the divine within. |
Disobedience to God's
laws. |
Not willing to submit to
Allah's will. |
| What
do they believe about salvation? |
Salvation
is God's gift, made possible through Jesus' death and resurrection.
Forgiveness of sin and eternal life are received through personal faith
in Jesus as Lord and Savior. |
Find truth in four
"Noble Truths" and follow the Eight-Fold Path. Some include faith in
Buddha. |
Freedom from
reincarnation through knowledge, works, or love for a chosen god. |
Faith in Jehovah plus
good works. |
Discover ultimate
knowledge through channeling, yoga, psychic energy and other practices. |
Can become a god through
obedience to Mormon teachings. Baptism for the dead saves some
non-Mormons. |
Works of repentence and
submission to Allah through perfect faith, prayer, giving, fasting,
pilgrimage. |
| What
do they believe about life after death? |
Believers
in Jesus live in God's presence forever (heaven). People who reject
faith in Christ Jesus are separated from God's presence forever (hell). |
No life after death, or
life in "Pure Land." |
Union with god achieved
through cycles of reincarnation. |
One
hundred forty-four thousand Witnesses will be with Christ in heaven.
Other Witnesses will live in a paradise-like earth. Those who reject
Jehovah will be destroyed. |
Reincarnation (multiple
lifetimes) until soul is reunited with the divine. |
Celestial
kingdom where men become gods or angels; terrestrial kingdom, a planet
for righteous non-Mormons; telestial kingdom, a planet for the
wicked. |
Paradise or hell. |