Thread by @parantapah

So much of Christian terminology has taken roots in Hindu-spirituality language that I can't even...

Almighty
Salvation
Soul
Lord ___, Praise the Lord
Rest in Peace
You only live once
Amen

How to remove this from the language of Hindu leadership? I'm out of ideas.

"Almighty" -- stems from the belief that there is only ONE God (the Christian God) who is ALL mighty. There is no other God & nobody else can claim to be as "mighty" as Him.

"Salvation" is getting saved from the consequences of your "sins." As a human, as per Christian doctrine, you are by DEFAULT a sinner--by birth. You add more sin by veering from the set doctrines in your life. On Judgement Day, you can be saved from your sins by God.

Salvation is NOT same as Moksha. It's based on being a sinner by default, and on one life theory. Only Jesus can save you by "the grace of God." Hindus need to STOP using this word. It has nothing to do with Hindu dharma.

Soul is a Christian concept. It's not the same as Atman which moves from one birth to another. The "soul suffers" or "rots in hell" after your death if you are condemned on judgement day.

Hindu atman is BEYOND all suffering, greed, gunas. See BG 2.23

Lord __ & Praise the Lord:

The word "Lord" refers to superiority, again a reminder of how God is "above" & you are lower. Praise the Lord is not the same as Bhakti. It's like a way of gaining favor from God for "deliverance" on Judgement Day.

"RIP" refers to the theory of ONE LIFE. You can rest after you are dead if you lived by the rules.

I have explained in detail here:
hinduism.news/hinduism101/wh…

"You only live once" is the biggest lie Hindus keep regurgitating mindlessly.

We do NOT subscribe to one life theory! We have endless lives until we get awakened, seek Ishvara & attain Moksha.

Meaning you have endless possibilities to fulfill your desires & drop karmas!

"Amen" is common to Abrahamic religions. It's an agreement or affirmation of what's said.

In Hindu dharma, when you say "Tathastu" it's NOT a literal translation of Amen because you are ALREADY Divine & your words carry power to manifest, whether you have realised it or not.

It's not a question of just "replacing" these words with Sanskrit ones. It's important to also KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. You subscribe to a certain ideology when you use these words--which is at odds with the most fundamental Hindu tenets.

These arguments come up when you don't ponder over subtleties of Sanskrit.

सर्वशक्तिमान means: सारी शक्तियां जिसमें समाहित हों

It does NOT mean that the God has *exclusive* rights over all Shaktis. He/She has all Shaktis. But others can have them too.

https://twitter.com/sukrti_b/status/1439816613918699525?s=19

If you translate words literally, you'll get nowhere. You need to spend time to understand the ideology behind the coinage of the words as well.

You CANNOT simply use Sanskrit words as equivalents of Christian ones because the ideology is different.

Read the whole thread. This is NOT a language debate! It's about brainlessly using Christian terminology to describe Hindu Dharma. When you use specific terms loaded with meaning you are unconsciously BELIEVING that ideology. Need to wake up to that!

https://twitter.com/MUP_1975/status/1439825206143447044?s=19

The avg Hindu doesn't relate these with Christianity bcz the avg Hindu has been fed these terms since they were 3 yrs old, esp in Convent schools, & the avg Hindu has no idea of Christianity OR Hindu dharma. But they BELIEVE the ideology unconsciously.

https://twitter.com/Achaari_Thepla/status/1439812684522786821?s=19

My thread is not to criticize Christianity. I have no interest in that. My aim is to explain the difference between that ideology & our Dharma. Using terms of other ideologies to talk about Hindu dharma has led to utter confusion in the minds of ppl abt what Hindu dharma IS.