Good Samaritan's second session in the study of Chrisitianity and the World Religions focused on Hinduism in the 10 a.m. worship service. Pastor Betsy, who led a group on a mission trip to India last year, shared some of the highlights of that excursion with the congregation while also touching on different aspects of the Hindu Religion. GSUMC sponsors a village in India which enables the children to stay inside in school during the day instead of having to work in the fields with their parents. Hinduism will also be studied in the GSUMC Home Groups this week. The pastor pointed out that Hindus worship one God just as Christians do. One way in which the two beliefs differ is that Hindus believe that each person's soul is actually a piece of God within that person. They spend their lifetime, in fact sometimes many lifetimes through reincarnation, trying to overcome bad karma (deeds) with good karma so they can reunite this soul with God. It is like a drop of water (the soul) being returned to the ocean (God). Christians believe that the soul is not a part of God, but was created by God. Jesus came, died for our sins (bad karma) and was resurrected to show us the way to heaven. Pastor Betsy explained that Hinduism is such an old and complex religion that it is impossible to cover all aspects of it in a brief study.