Comparison grid between Hinduism and Christian doctrine

Term	Hinduism	Christianity
God	Impersonal	Personal (1 John 4:8)
Humanity	Continuous in the sense of being extended from the Being of God	Discontinuous in the sense of being separate from the Being of God (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3); continuous in the sense of being made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26)
Humanity’s Problem	Ignorance	Moral rebellion (Romans 3:10-11)
The Solution	Liberation from illusion and ignorance	Forgiveness of sin and reconciliation with the personal holy God
The Means for the Solution	Striving to detach oneself from the separated ego and seeking to be aware of one’s unity with the divine through self effort.	Trusting in the completed and substitutionary work of Jesus Christ (Romans 4:5; Ephesians 2:8-9).
The Outcome of the Solution	Merge into the Oneness; the individual disappears	Eternal fellowship with God; the person is fulfilled in a loving relationship with God (John 17:3).
Jesus	One among many gods and/or avatars.	God the Son (John 1:1; 8:24).
Number of gods	Many	One (Isaiah 43:10; 44:8).

Sources

Dean Halverson, The Compact Guide to World Religions (Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1996), p. 92.

Apologetics