Differences Between Christianity And Hinduism

Many are times nurses that the efforts of nurses’ medical interventions have been rejected by the patient owing to their religious beliefs. As such this paper details out the dilemma, the nurses faces while taking care of Jehovah Witness patients and the actions they take to treat the patient without violating their rights.

     The English word religion loosely translates into “rules” in Latin. Therefore, a religion teaches us how to think, how to act, and basically everything except what to eat in the morning. The Hindu and Christian religion agree on many things and our society follows some of the rules too because religion and laws are based on humanity. From holy literature many different ideas have been pawned but they are all supposed to lead you to the same things: a happy, healthy life, contribution to the world around us, and some kind of liberation after death. Concerning these ideals the Hindu religion has come up with three ways to make sure that everybody will get what they want out of life and those are the four

쀀쀀e in become more evolved as a nation one of the problem that needs to be address is how to response to diverse faith within our healthcare practices. This essay serves to compare these three different religious philosophies: Yoruba, Hinduism (karma) and Buddhism, to a Christian’s perspective. These religions have wide perspectives but one will key in on health management and what to expect from healthcare point of view while caring for these patients. Yoruba religion is based on nature worshipping and is rooted deeply on respect for the environment. Their divinities is called Òrìsà, when it work is complete they become thunderstorm with lightning. Then the formation of the river adjoining into the ocean all of these actions are classified as divinities (Abimbola 2010). All living things are considered sacred and need to be reverenced. Religion cannot be free from the influence of the culture of the people where it is established, Gaiya substantiating this view wrote that culture and religion are two sides of the same coin and that a change in one affects the other (Awoniyi 2011).One will hear words such as Ori which is the soul or the unconscious mind, Èmí-the divine breathe enclosed in our heart and Òlódùmare, our High God.. (Awoniyi 2011).

The core beliefs of Hinduism is Kharma, reincarnation, and Dharma. Kharma is the idea that whatever one does during their life will translate back onto themselves, similar to when Jesus says do onto others as you would have them do onto you. Or in other words treat others the way you would want to be treated. Reincarnation is basically the rebirth of someone’s soul in a new form or body. Christianity does not seem to have something similar to this but one could argue that Jesus reincarnated because he became a new version of himself compared to his past. Jesus could have also been reincarnated as God himself so that the divine could be made visible in human form for all to see, according to the Gospel of John. Dharma is the idea that there is an order that makes life and the universe possible, which includes ones duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and the right way of living. I believe this could be similar to Christianity in the sense of the Ten Commandments. These commandments are rules and laws that Christianity uses to judge right from wrong.

Different religious groups have different believe system in the provision of the healthcare. The health personnel such as doctors and nurses should be aware of the religious beliefs of their patients for effectively delivering medical care. In provision of medical care, religious faith and beliefs of the patient is incorporated with the scientific medical care in offering a holistic medical to the patients. The medical personnel should take into the consideration the religious belief of the patient in the course of offering medical care to the patient. The

One approach is that the nurse has to understand the religious background of the patient and at the same; he/she should understand each of such religious groups (Bijnen, 2014). After this step, the nurse can show respect by incorporating the patient's choices influenced by religious beliefs into the management. In cases whereby certain religious practices are conflicting with the patient's treatment, the nurse needs to be on the forefront of the management team. His/her role is to reconsider the treatment and come up with an alternative that works best for the patient through the promotion of recovery and at the same time upholding the patient's religious beliefs (Bijnen,

According to Shelly and Miller, ones culture and up bring guides how an individual sees the world. These worldviews, personally and for humanity give meaning to one’s life (Sheely & Miller, 2006). Whether the worldview is religious or not, it is a personal awareness about meaning and reality. Everyone has a worldview which may be different from another’s. These different worldviews can affects how health care is practice.

What do Christianity and Hinduism have in common? Christianity is a monotheistic religion, however, Hinduism is a polytheistic religion. But, they both believe in a paradise or heaven. Christianity and Hinduism are both alike and different in various ways.

The purpose of this paper is to compare philosophies between Christianity and Buddhism. Working in the world of healthcare, we are exposed to different beliefs and faith philosophies that require us to be knowledgeable regarding other’s religion and faith. This is important because it gives us a better understanding and accept why people act or feel a certain way. Different perspectives brings different act and ways to care for others, and by being knowledgeable in this field, we promote better care for patients.

Both of the religions Hinduism and Judaism are similar but different in their own ways. Hinduism worships many gods and goddesses, whereas Judaism is a confirmedly monotheistic religion. In the Hinduism religion the bedrock is the belief that the Vedas is sacred and the caste system decribed in it. “Hinduism is a guide to life, and the goal of which is to reach union with Brahman, the unchanging ultimate reality”(75). The dharma or moral law that need to be followed. There are many gods that were worshiped and each person may worship a different god. Images of the gods in homes or temples were presented where each person can show devotion to their personal gods by singing hymns or offering flowers before the images. The Hindus believe in many things such as that the universe undergoes and endless cycle of creation, believe in karma, that the soul reincarnates, the belief that all life is sacred.

Christian's view is " that everything that exists, including humans, is a result of God, the Creator God" (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011) . Hindu's believe that “everything has always been in existence and is a part of god” (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011). Basically, its God created everything versus everything has just been.

Both religions speak of doing good works. In contrast, Hindus believe that everyone will reach Moksha eventually through good karma, where Christians believe only those who seek God’s salvation will reach heaven. In Hinduism, good work is required to balance karma, whereas in Christianity good works are the result of salvation (Ephesians 2:10), an internal change of heart, and not the way to salvation.

“Look to this day, for it is life, the very breath of life...For yesterday is only a dream, and tomorrow is yet a vision… Look well, therefore, to this day”(Ancient Hindu Sanskrit); “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”(Buddha, n.d.). Buddhism and Hinduism are similar in various ways, in that they both originated from the Indian subcontinent and continued to spread across Asia. Each of them also believe in multiple paths to enlightenment, represented in Buddhist Eight-Fold and Hindu's Vedas Path, and both believe in reincarnation. They are different however in that Hinduism has a concept of sin, whereas Buddhism does not. These religions are also different because Siddhartha Buddha founded Buddhism, but nobody knows who founded Hinduism. The final reason that they are different is that their philosophies differ. These two religions are homologous with how they are structured yet have different characteristics in some areas.

In worship, with Hinduism, each deity is praised separately, while in Christianity, thy worship each as the one God. As Christianity worships God as one, they refer to God as one whole of the three persons and worship as one Supreme Being that is adored as one. Hinduism, on another note, displays dedication to the worship of each deity in different temples in the Hindu triumvirate. As Clooney (2001) explains, there are major differences between the two religions, such that treatment of God lies in the way they worship (45).

Muslims and Hindus have differing views on god. Muslims are monotheistic, they believe that one god, who they refer to as Allah, created the universe and all things within it. Furthermore Muslims believe that Allah is the only being worthy of worship and that he created mankind for the sole purpose of worshiping him (www.whyislam.org, 2015) Muslims also distain any representation of their gods and prophets. This is in stark contrast to Hindus who worship many gods and are wholly polytheistic. Hindus find release from life by committing their religious attention to one or