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It is not a "person". Yeah, you need two things - grace and good works. In Hinduism, good works alone are enough.

If Jesus does not intervne for you, father will not give you salvation. "The way to God is through me".

Well, in Hinduism, good works alone save you. God is peripheral. Judgment has been deligated to God, Yama. Atheists and non-Hindus are equally eligible for rewards based on good works.

As per the Chrstians, yes. Will Jesus not sit on the right hand of Yahweh at the time of judgment? He will be the witness.

Not in Himalayas. They crumble. Of course, all energy sources, except coal.

We get free medical aid at government hospitals. Everyone, 100% of the current population, 1.47 billion.

For good or bad. Al-Qaeda, IS, Boko-Haram, etc. Around India, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba, etc.

Earthquakes, sunamis, volcanoes, diseases, hunger. Aceh, Gaza, Ukraine. He has a hundred ways to test people and babies.

Has medicine and nuclear energy done some good to humanity? Or we should continue with cutting trees for fuel?

Both die. The problem is what happens after. For most atheists (I do not speak for al atheists), there is no after, nothing to worry about that. For theists, heaven if you have dittoed the line or hell if you have not.

Don't you see the discord between the two sentences? Just like adults, Allah tests innocent children too putting them to disasters, diseases, pain and death.

'Advaita' thinks of two levels of existence. The Absolute Truth and the Pragmatic Truth. What Sankara said is the Absolute Truth. Pragmatic Truth is our perceived universe. But you will know this if you are familiar with 'Advaita' philosophy as some of the members here are. Your beliefs are...

Agree with you, for example, 'absolute nothing'. At the moment it is supernatural till we get more facts.

I believe in methodology of science. If there are fraudsters, sometime or the other they get exposed, even those in pharmaceutical industry.

In 'Advaita' Hinduism, enlightenment is instantaneous when you understand that you are what makes up the universe, realize the all things, living or non-living, are no different than you; and what constitute you is the same as what constitutes even a stone. Don't you have carbon, calcium...

Yes, I believe in after life, not in reincarnation. Our molecules leave the body and join millions of living and non-living things. Our molecules have reincarnated in other forms. No, I do not believe in any such place. Those who do not believe in God, the atheists, can also be good people. I do...

Of course, I know - We do not need any salvation according to 'Advaita', the non-dual philosophy of Hinduism. We are none other than what constitutes the universe, Brahman. What salvation do we need? Need for salvation is a fetter to the mind. Sankaracharya (8th Century) said: "na me dvesha...

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Well, that has been claimed by many people. Joseph Smith said the way to God is through him. Muhammad said that the way of God is through him. Bahaollah, the Iranian, said that the way to God is through him and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a Punjabi, said that the way to God is throgh him. There are...

Of course, there is no sure answer at the moment. That is what is being done - finding the best answer. Morality is part of social sciences and it is well-researched. It differs from one society to another. There is no absolute morality. "Coming of age in Samoa" - Margaret Mead, and so many...