How does the Christian view of life after death differ from Hindu reincarnation & moksha?
All people have fallen short of God’s Holy standard of perfection (sinned), and consequently need a way to recompense (pay) for that sin in order to be reconciled with their creator God. This is a universal belief in virtually all religions that believe in a creator God and in an eternal soul that lives beyond the death of the mortal body. Hinduism teaches that sin is atoned (paid for), and people are justified (made right with God) through various acts and works. Since Hindu believers recognize that they are unable to thoroughly perfect themselves in a single lifetime, they reason that God needs to continually return their imperfect eternal soul to a physical form in order to give them additional lifetimes to work out Moksha (perfection and deliverance from sin though the achievement of atma-jnana (self-realization)). In contrast to Hinduism and indeed all other religions, Christianity teaches that faith, not works, brings about salvation (perfection and deliverance from sin). Christi
