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From: bhatt@cis.ohio-state.edu (Chirag Bhatt)
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Subject: Re: Salvation
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Date: 16 Mar 90 14:31:42 GMT
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In article <14550@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> palmer@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Grant E. Palmer) writes:
>
> In the Christian faith, those who accept Jesus as their savior are saved
> and those who do not are damned to hell.  So in their belief system, all
> Buddhists, Taoists, etc. are damned.
>
> My question is do the Eastern religions have a similar belief.  Do Buddhists
> think "If you don't accept Buddha, you are damned"?.  What do followers of
> the Eastern religions think of this Christian dogma?  It always strikes me
> as kind of snotty.
>
> grant

As far as I know, Hinduism is one of the few, if not the only, religions
to accept all other religions as different paths to God. A true follower
of Hinduism should not object to praying in a templs, mosque, synagogue,
or church for to him they all houses of God. This one aspect of Hinduism
is, I believe one of its strongest attributes.

Just my $.02 worth.
No flames please.

Chirag Bhatt
Ohio State University
bhatt@cis.ohio-state.edu