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According to some scholars like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Oduyoye Mercy Oduyoye], H. M. Vroom, and Noel Sheth, the common translation "[[incarnation]]" is somewhat misleading as the concept of an avatar corresponds more closely to the view of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism Docetism] in Christian theology, as different from the idea of God 'in the flesh' in [[mainstream]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christology Christology].
According to some scholars like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Oduyoye Mercy Oduyoye], H. M. Vroom, and Noel Sheth, the common translation "[[incarnation]]" is somewhat misleading as the concept of an avatar corresponds more closely to the view of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism Docetism] in Christian theology, as different from the idea of God 'in the flesh' in [[mainstream]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christology Christology].
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Avatars''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Avatars '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: the [[incarnation]] of a Hindu deity (as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu])
*1: the [[incarnation]] of a Hindu deity (as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu])
