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10 Questions Towards Understanding Hinduism – The World's Third-Largest Religion (Part One)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 - 12:36AM



If it is difficult to understand Hinduism, it is also difficult to explain it to anyone. To attempt a “Hinduism for Dummies” type project is itself an idiotic enterprise. The following questions are slightly uncommon in phrasing, meant to make you feel like asking more questions and not fewer. The answers are not from a scholarly authority on the subject but just someone who has lived, experienced and studied the ethos of Hinduism first-hand – so dispute and contradict me as you please.

1. What does “Hinduism” mean?

A: Just as Christianity is the religion of Christ, so is Hinduism a religion of... what?

The definition opens the door to the true difficulty in understanding Hinduism, because it simply identifies as an ism of  “Hindu,” which is a term derived from “Sindhu,” the Sanskrit name for the Indus River. The term compounds the various religious and philosophical systems practiced in the land of the Indus River, India – and today, the broader Indian subcontinent, comprising of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Indeed, one of the Indian subcontinent and the Republic of India's historically popular colloquial names is Hindustan – Land of the Hindus. So this religion, if there is indeed only one, is named on a geographical basis. Nor has Indian culture traditionally observed strict boundaries between religion, philosophy, science or art, all of whom are often entwined.

Many of its adherents prefer the term “Sanathan Dharma” - the Universal religion, which doesn't exactly make things clearer. Many Hindus will tell you they consider Hinduism not as a religion, but as a “way of life” - a cultural ethos, or another term for Indian civilization.

2. So then what is “Hinduism” exactly?

A: Umm... a lot of things, to be frank. Going by the traditional definition set by geography, the mantle of “Hinduism” includes more than five schools of philosophy that don't believe in a creator-god, believe in a creator but not a supervising god, are agnostic or indeed, completely atheistic and materialistic – such as the Samkhya and Carvaka schools. The actual theism and belief in a creating, supervising and destroying godhead is the school of Vedanta, based on the four Vedas.

This broad, traditional definition of “Hinduism” is the source of serious political disputes as well. Religions that arose specifically rejecting the Vedas, such as Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism – may technically qualify as being part of Hinduism because they were born in the Indian subcontinent. This point is laboriously insisted upon by Hindu nationalists, who ask Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs to call themselves Hindu. Yet each community has developed distinctive identities, and while there are no actual conflicts or issues between these communities (inter-marriage, worship at common temples and social interaction are common), many of them don't like the idea of submerging their religious identity into a larger pool.

3. What is the holy text of Hinduism? Who are the gods of Hinduism, and what are the clergy like?

A: According to the Supreme Court of India, a follower of the Hindu religion is identified by his adherence to the four Vedas – Rig, Atharva, Sama and Yajur. However, this legalistic interpretation has been challenged as inaccurate, as Hinduism does not emphasize one source, one book or set, one prophet, one savior or even one god. Moreover, the Vedas are “divinely inspired,” but are not the “word of God.”

Hinduism has long evolved beyond the Vedic era. The religious practices of most Hindus are significantly different from Vedic teachings, which talk about a litany of deities who most Hindus do not worship anymore. The great Vedic deity of Indra is merely a figurehead ruler of Hindu heaven (Swarga); he is susceptible to sin, chastised by defeats at the hands of demons, and has to be rescued by the actual Supreme Lord, Vishnu. A lot of the stories involving Indra, the Lord of Thunder and Rain, actually bear a striking resemblance to the tales of Zeus and Jupiter.

The popular Hindu godhead are the trinity of Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver) and Shiva (the Destroyer). Close to half of Hindus consider Vishnu to be the Supreme God and the source spirit of Brahma and Shiva, who are personalities of Vishnu – these Hindus call themselves Vaishnavas. A significant segment of Hindus believe the same thing about Shiva, and are called Shaivaites. Yet another significant branch are the believers in Shakti, a female power exemplified by Shiva's wife, Uma that is the source of both Shiva and Vishnu.

Of course, the lay Hindu worships many gods who address specific needs. Villages have their own unique deities. Indeed, most regions and even districts  have culturally distinctive forms of Hinduism. If you've heard of many thousands of Hindus gods, its quite true. The question arises – how do Hindus reconcile faith and a common identity in such a vast godhead? The popular philosophical explanation is that they are all forms of Vishnu, or Shiva. This approach is called Advaita – the One God has many forms. God as an idol or in the shape of an animal or man is not inferior to a formless, monotheistic deity.

For most Hindus, the Vedas are merely the source of mantras chanted in a mind-numbing fashion by Brahmin priests at various ceremonies, called pujas. Modern Hindu religious and philosophical attitudes are shaped by later texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, a poem that is part of the larger epic poem, the Mahabharata. The Upanishads are a source of religious philosophy, and the Puranas detail the many mythical-yet-fantastic adventures of Hindu deities. Whether one approaches them as literally true or simply as stories – all are quite fascinating reads.

Hinduism does not have a centrally-organized clerical organization comparable to the Roman Catholic Church. While the eighth century Hindu leader Adi Shankaracharya established four Shankaracharyas assigned by region to lead Hindu society, today their influence is restricted to local sects professing loyalty. While smaller sects led by saints and gurus have central leaderships, lay Hinduism is organized at a very local level, with Hindus turning to their neighborhood and village priests, and priests who specifically serve certain castes and sub-castes. With rare exceptions from reformist movements attempting to integrate castes, priests are only derived from the Brahmin caste.

4. What do Hindus believe?

A: The mother of all questions – a lot of things, but some doctrines common to most Hindus include:

A. Karma – your deeds. A virtuous being that does good deeds, upholds morality and does its duty towards society, religion and humanity will ascend the hierarchy of life – the lowest being insects and animals, rising to man, then subdivided into castes. The most virtuous of the highest caste can find Moksha, or liberation from the cycle of rebirth and enter Swarga, or Heaven.

B. Reincarnation – if you're a good animal (whatever that is), you will earn higher birth, perhaps into humankind. If you are a rotten human being – say like Hitler or Stalin – you will be reborn as an insect.

C. Time – from creation to the end of the universe, Time is divided into eras called yuga – the first Krita-yuga or Satya-yuga being the age where life was perfect; truth, justice and peace prevailed, and there was no human suffering. The situation deteriorates over the next two yugas, Treta and Dwapara, before we enter our times in the Kali-yuga, where immorality, untruth and human suffering are maximized (Quelle surprise). No exact measurement of time really exists – some interpret the yugas to have lasted tens of millions of years, with the lives of human beings lasting hundreds of years in the earlier ages of piety. A change from those who say the world is only a few thousand years old, but just as unscientific and no better, as this view still considers life as only getting worse.

D. Heaven and Hell – Swarga is heaven and Naraka is a term for a hellish environment. A key distinction from Christianity and Islam is that neither is a permanent destination – if your conduct in heaven is unbecoming, you will be “sent down” to earth to re-enter the cycle of birth, and you have to earn religious merit all over again by being a good person. Hell is like jail – you serve a definite sentence set for specific crimes; all human beings will have to spend at least a small token of time in hell for any little sin, lie or fib they committed. However, once time is served, you can be reborn as a higher being or enter heaven.

E. Avatars – incarnations of the Supreme Lord to save humanity; there are legends about the incarnations of Shiva in such a role, but Vishnu's avatars are the most popular. The first avatar of Vishnu is as Matsya, or a fish – he arrived to warn Manu of an impending flood that would wipe out all sinful human beings, and inspired Manu to construct a large ship to rescue humans and other living beings. Sounds familiar? Yes, this is the Hindu flood story, developed distinctly from the story of Noah's ark. The avatars arrive to rescue humanity or the most virtuous individuals of the time from evil. The most popular incarnations are those of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya – the most virtuous king and the ideal man; the epic poem Ramayana is the story of his life – and Krishna, the mentor and guide of the virtuous Pandava brothers, who struggle against their evil Kaurava cousins to regain their rightful kingdom in the Mahabharata.

Hindu eschatology does predict a final incarnation – Kalki. He will arrive at the end of the Kali-yuga, before the entire universe is destroyed, to save the righteous and virtuous from the onslaught of evil.

F. Varna – known as caste, this is the most controversial aspect of Hinduism that has nevertheless spread even beyond Hindu society. The Varnashrama doctrine divides humanity into four classes by duty or occupation. The Brahmins are the highest in the order, entitled to be priests and scholars, whose meditations and performance of religious duties ensure the relative piety of the world. The Kshatriyas, or warriors and princes, who rule states and fight wars. The Vaishyas are entitled to be traders and business people, and the Shudras are laborers and farmers. Reformers, apologists and other defenders of Hinduism maintain these divisions are just occupational, describing how human society subdivides itself and that all castes are actually equal.

The reality is different. For thousands of years, caste was entrenched by birth, and castes behave as a result as tribal communities. With the growth of the population, they have divided themselves into thousands of sub-castes that do not exist in Hindu scripture. However, Hindu scripture considers Brahmins and Kshatriyas to indeed be of “high birth” - in the cycle of life, they are closest to moksha.

While it doesn't take much to see how the Brahmins and Kshatriyas loved to control society like this, the system degenerated into sheer cruelty. Socializing between castes was strictly prohibited; inter-marriage and inter-dining with “lower castes” unthinkable. Large populations of Indians were considered too “unclean” to even count within the four-tiered order of life – they were treated as “untouchables,” quite literally. They lived away from the rest of the town, village or city, and could not walk on the same side of the road as the other castes, nor drink water from the same well. By profession, they were butchers, and handled leather, animal skins and hides, collected and disposed of refuse and human waste – essential, yet “unclean” professions to the higher castes.

Untouchability was outlawed by the British government in the nineteenth century, yet its practice was not largely ended until a national reform movement arose under leaders such as “Mahatma” Jyotirao Phule, “Mahatma” Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Hindu religious and political organizations committed themselves to ending the practice of untouchability, and eradicating it became an urgent priority of the Indian independence movement. The rise of a modern industrial economy and metropolitan cities further weakened this sinister institution. Even so, caste barriers and rivalries remain strong in many parts of India, and humiliating treatment is often meted out to those considered as “low caste.”

The caste system has morphed beyond its religious constructs into ethnic and socio-economic classes. It has long controlled who you will be allowed to marry, who will most likely be your friends. Even generally “liberal” Hindus like to match their son or daughter with a mate of the same socio-economic class, who worry about preserving their status in society as you do, and are more likely to stick together and consider each other as belonging to the same nath, lineage or community. Having enduring thousands of years, the caste system of stratification is not going away anytime soon..

5. What's this about atheism being a part of Hinduism?

A: Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen said:

“In some ways people had got used to the idea that India was spiritual and religion-oriented. That gave a leg up to the religious interpretation of India, despite the fact that Sanskrit had a larger atheistic literature than what exists in any other classical language. Madhava Acharya, the remarkable 14th century philosopher, wrote this rather great book called Sarvadarshansamgraha, which discussed all the religious schools of thought within the Hindu structure. The first chapter is "Atheism" – a very strong presentation of the argument in favor of atheism and materialism.”

Thanks to the broad definition of Hinduism and the diversity of the schools of belief and philosophy, you can still be a Hindu if you believe in some things and not others, reject some and not others, or even rejecting everything completely. I have known many Hindus of my generation who do not believe in any aspect of Hindu theology, can barely tolerate the ritualism, caste-ism and superstition of their parents, but still consider themselves “Hindu atheists” or “culturally Hindus.”

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Hinduism: 10 Questions in Understanding World's Third-Largest Religion (Part 2)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 - 5:42AM

Hinduism is both difficult to understand and explain. These questions are slightly uncommon, meant to make you want to ask more questions, not fewer.

If it is difficult to understand Hinduism, it is also difficult to explain it to anyone. To attempt a “Hinduism for Dummies” type project is itself an idiotic enterprise. The following questions are slightly uncommon in phrasing, meant to make you feel like asking more questions and not fewer. The answers are not from a scholarly authority on the subject but just someone who has lived, experienced and studied the ethos of Hinduism first-hand – so dispute and contradict me as you please.

6. How does Hinduism react with other religions?

A: Not too badly, I must say. That is, if a religion does not mess with Hinduism. Hindus are not trained to believe that non-Hindus are going to hell, nor are they desirous of conquering the world for the Hindu religion. Hindu ideas about the afterlife, heaven and hell are based on karma and not faith in a specific savior, god or prophet. The doctrinal diversity of Hinduism has also forged a general tolerance for different beliefs and religions. You don't get your head chopped off if you convert to another religion, but there might be social ostracizing if you convert to, say, Islam.

Islam fares badly with Hinduism, because it teaches polytheism and idolatry as the worst of sins. While many Hindus and Muslims across India enjoyed several centuries of peaceful coexistence, invasions by Muslim armies have been traumatic experiences in Indian history that claimed many lives, devastated whole cities and specifically targeted Hindus. The invasions by Mahmud of Ghazni, Muhammad of Ghor, Timur, Babur and Nadir Shah were particularly traumatizing, for their memory is invoked in folklore and in modern religious disputes, where mosques were constructed over the holiest of Hindu shrines. Hindu subjects of Muslim-ruled kingdoms were forced to pay the jaziya tax and had to withstand pogroms launched on the whims of the Sultans.

In 1947, India was partitioned to create the Muslim state of Pakistan, and as a result, millions of Hindus and Sikhs were driven out of Pakistan - which technically was the land of the Indus River, where the first Vedas were written. The further victimization and cleansing of Hindu minorities in Muslim-dominated Pakistan and Bangladesh, and acts of terrorism against India by Pakistan-sponsored terrorist groups have fed growing Hindu anger against Muslims. The legacy of partition and rising Islamism means a constant question mark about the loyalties of India's Muslims in the minds of many Hindus.

In doctrine, Christianity is hostile to Hinduism due to its opposition of polytheism and idolatry, and the over-zealous efforts to convert Hindus. However, the only Christians who established an empire in India were the British, who actually helped established traditions of secular law. Catholic Portuguese rule was harsh upon Hindus, but limited to Goa and other small strips. India is home to more than 28 million Christians who, unlike Muslims, are largely liberal, well-educated, upwardly mobile and do not consider religious identity as in conflict with their nationality, and thus mix well with Hindus. The figure of Jesus is admired by many Hindus, and myths about Jesus having sojourned in India have many takers.

With Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs, there are doctrinal distinctions but as they are also Indian religions, there are no practical differences. Many Hindus revere the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak and worship at Sikh gurdwaras. Sikh gurus such as Tej Bahadur and Gobind Singh are worshiped and considered heroes of Hinduism for protecting Hindus from pogroms and persecution during the rule of the Muslim Mughal dynasty.  Sikhism was not considered a separate religion until the 19th century. Many Hindus consider Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, to be an incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu, and otherwise respect and worship him. Ahimsa (non-violence) is a doctrine common to Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. There are few, if any, cultural differences between these religions, and intermarriage and socializing is common.

With Zoroastrianism (Parsi-ism) and the Baha'i Faith that arrived from Iran, there have been no recorded clashes or disputes with Hindus, and both communities have assimilated well over the centuries. India is also one of the rare countries that have no history of antisemitism towards the Jewish tribes that settled – the only attacks on Indian Jews were perpetrated by Portuguese Catholics and recently by Islamist terrorist groups.

Syncretism is big in the Indian subcontinent. Most Hindus love Sai Baba, a mystic fakir who is believed to have been a Muslim by birth but a follower of the saint Kabir, and a true icon of Hindu-Muslim harmony. Throughout his life, he refused to identify either as a Muslim or Hindu and championed love and peace; millions of people from all religions make pilgrimage to the town of Shirdi to worship the saint. Hindus and Sikhs perform pilgrimages to the mausoleum of Haji Ali in Mumbai, with no concern over his Muslim identity. This rare fabric of faith without boundaries is being seriously endangered by the spread of Islamism, and the counter-reaction by Hindu extremist leaders.

7. Do Hindus do “holy war?”

A: Will you ever have to worry about “Hindu terrorism?” I'm 99% sure that you won't. There is no concept, teaching nor effort of trying to convert the rest of humanity to Hinduism. Hindus don't do “its my way or the hellfire-way.” Hindus who have settled across the world may remain tightly-knit as communities, but they don't try to win converts nor object to the practice of other faiths. In the history of Hinduism and the Indian subcontinent, there has been no verified Hindu effort to exterminate other religions. The survival of the ancient traditions of Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism may attest to that.

However, Hinduism within India has seen the rise of a political ideology that synthesizes religion and nationalism. Called Hindutva (Hindu-ness), its advocates demand that all Indians call themselves “Hindus” even if they wish to follow other religions, because a “Hindu” to them applies as a nationalist identity for all loyal inhabitants of India. At various stages, its advocates have demanded loyalty tests for Muslims, and demand that India be declared a Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation). Ripping off a few tactics from the American Christian Right, they claim India's secularism is owed entirely to its Hindu ethos. In the past few decades, Hindu extremist groups have orchestrated riots against Muslims and attacked Christian missionaries. Their popularity has increased with the spread of Islamism and Islamist terrorism from Pakistan.

8. How does Hinduism regard homosexuality?

A: Not as a bad thing. Many Hindu scriptures and mythical tales have intergender, androgynous and homosexual characters cast in a positive light. Scripture, myth and temple art acknowledge sexual diversity.

That said, homophobia is prevalent across India. Taking pages out of the playbooks of the Christian Right, Hindu nationalists have tried to demonize gay and lesbian Indians, even though Hindu heritage is demonstrably more tolerant. The legal battle against a Victorian-era law, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code criminalizing homosexual acts continues – with the irony of Hindu nationalists defending a Victorian Christian statute being lost on no one but themselves.

9. What do you think is the best part of Hinduism?

A: The endurance of a legitimate and long tradition of free-thought - “Hinduism,” or the religious and philosophical systems of India, include the Carvaka school of thought – which holds that there is no godhead, that the laws of nature are self-standing and do not require a governing deity, and that materialism and the pursuit of pleasure is nothing to be frowned upon, but is actually a legitimate source of happiness. Sounded to me a lot like Christopher Hitchens talking, except that this was said at least 3,000 years ago, before we ever learned about DNA or described the solar system.

While having its share of fanaticism and bigotry, Hinduism is not an absolutist faith like the Abrahamic religions. It's ethos has been shaped by a great diversity in philosophical and theistic schools, and a vast number of regional and cultural variations. Perhaps this explains a historic capacity for tolerance and accommodation, if not genuine intellectual freedom within Hindu society.

Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie explains how the Hindu treatise Natya Shastra champions the freedom of expression:
https://youtu.be/akeA0EvLEbs
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The literature and poetry are exceptional and brilliant – the Mahabharata is a deeply fascinating, thrilling, riveting work. You don't have to believe that Krishna is a “God” - in fact, Krishna as a philosopher and statesman, a sharp, witty and cunning strategist is a far more intriguing and compelling personality. The moral issues of the Ramayana reflect man's age-old struggle to live a moral life; I dispute many of its lessons, but to do so is to only make it a source of a deep and intriguing debate. I could go on, and on about the complex and fascinating tales that constitute Hindu mythology, but it should suffice to say I am very proud of this share of the heritage.

10. What do you think is the worst part of Hinduism?

A: Fatalism – not just the caste system by itself, for as despicable as that is, there is no society on earth that has been able to resist some form of social stratification, tribalization, racism or slavery.

No, its the fatalism that has emerged due to the doctrines of karma and rebirth. A person born to a low-caste or as an “untouchable” is trained to think that he or she is in this position and made to suffer greatly because of a crime he or she committed in a past life. Therefore, you must accept slavery and humiliation as a penance for a crime you never have a chance of knowing “you” ever committed. You can never do anything about your station in life – don't resist, or you will ensure divine retribution and even-lower birth!

This fatalism has prevented many generations of Indians from embracing and pursuing reform of any kind. Indeed, the first efforts to end “untouchability” did not begin until the British introduced modern education and science to India. The “higher birth” castes long believed they have a God-given right to treat the “lower birth” people as slaves, as part of a continuing punishment for those mythical sins. However, the worst part is that this fatalism has long seeped into the “untouchable” classes themselves – not only have many generations been divided in resistance or unwillingness to resist this cruelty, but they have often created sub-castes of “untouchables” amongst themselves.

This total helplessness before the settled, “divine” order has meant many generations of Indians have succumbed to a hysteria about superstition, ritualism, numerology and astrology as the only way to see what's coming and avert disasters. Priests have to be paid, worshiped and fed in order for them to perform the ceremonies necessary for your departed loved one to go to heaven and not end up in hell – many millions of poor Indians have been fleeced and emotionally tormented into paying priests who terrorized them with the idea that the fate of the soul of their family members were hell-bound.

That a grieving family can be emotionally terrorized and ruthlessly exploited in their most difficult hour of pain, and that this practice continues even amongst many liberal and educated Hindus, is something I have witnessed and would certainly describe as being evil - purely evil.

Hopefully at this point, you have more questions about Hinduism to pursue answers for. Hinduism is quintessentially Indian, but also the oldest of the religions that have survived and thrived beyond the evolution of monotheism. Understanding it is essential to any true understanding of human nature, and considering how central it is to the lives of more than 900 million people, to the advancement of liberty and progress in humankind.

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hindu ada tak ajar penganutnya pi bunuh penganut agama lain? rasanya takdak kan?   
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Post time 1-1-2017 03:05 PM | Show all posts
by .AShit

Which $hit hole did you paste this bull$hit from?

1. What does “Hinduism” mean?
So this religion, if there is indeed only one, is named on a geographical basis.


That cos morons like you don't know Hinduism's proper name is Dharma (Righteousness in Sanksrit) or in modern age, called Santana Dharma or Eternal Righteousness. Hindus continue to use the term Hinduism because Westerners (and Middle Easterners) used to that term and there is nothing wrong in using the term Hinduism.

2. So then what is “Hinduism” exactly?

Going by the traditional definition set by geography, the mantle of “Hinduism” includes more than five schools of philosophy that don't believe in a creator-god, believe in a creator but not a supervising god, are agnostic or indeed, completely atheistic and materialistic – such as the Samkhya and Carvaka schools.


And IF one were to follow the original term - Santana Dharma - the belief system refers to finding Truth (Satyam), Dharma (Righteousness) and following the Laws of Karma. ANYONE who fails to even follows this basic concepts are not the followers of Dharma.

What do Hindus believe?


Hindus believes ONLY in FOUR concepts :-

1. Satyam,
2. Dharma,
3. Karma
4. Moksha.

What's this about atheism being a part of Hinduism?


Answer is NO. Atheism had entered into Hindu blood steam due to influence by Jainism and Buddhism which came 1,000 years before Christianity and had been poisoning the minds of Hindus ever since.

While Hindus do not wage an open warfare with Atheists nor do their belief system openly rejects Atheism like Old Testament, New Testament and Islam which calls for the believers to kill non-believers, saying that Hinduism embrace atheism is STUPIDITY. One do not embrace Sick People (like atheists) in order to cure them.

However, in today's Hindu society, we can find atheists in just above everywhere, claiming to be secular or open atheists while still enjoying the benefits and attention of the mainstream society like many of the actors in India. Matter a fact, Kamal Hassan - whose is an open atheist still consider himself a Brahmin by birth (a concept which has NO ROOT in Hinduism) to his day is just ONE example.






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Sephiroth replied at 1-1-2017 07:05 AM
by .AShit

Which $hit hole did you paste this bull$hit from?

kesian....... link dah bagi, tapi kamu BUTA     
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Post time 1-1-2017 03:44 PM | Show all posts
Edited by Sephiroth at 3-1-2017 10:25 AM
How does Hinduism react with other religions?

An important fact to remember here is that Santana Dharma (Hinduism) have been around for some 10,000 years (based on calculation of position of stars as written in their scriptures in night time constellation). Therefore Hinduism doesn't have a specific set of response to violent belief system which came for the past 7,000 years (like Old Testament, Christianity and Islam).

Furthermore, Hindu scriptures actually show even the bad guys in positive light, such as the Demon King Ravana is still considered the greatest devotee of Shiva and a great leader and King. Hindu Gods (especially Maha Vishnu) is known to have a more easy-going attitude toward "evil" characters as well.

And for a good thing too. Because it is possible that IF violent religions did exist in the past and Hinduism fought it, Hindus today could use it as basic and wage a holy war against Christianity and Islam as soon as they entered India, wiping these two "diseases of the mind" off the Planet.

Do Hindus do “holy war?”

Surprisingly - Answer is Yes. Hindus do - or at least - have religious sanction to wage a holy war IF their own Rights were violated. I like to bring the attention of the readers to Mahabratha.

Mahabratha Epic is said to be written some 7,000 years ago but it seems that the message was something for every Hindus today. The Kauravas stole from Pandavas their rights to live as Princes and continued to abuse the and despite of various attempts by various elders, they did not change their ways. They even resorted to try and kill a Messenger of Peace - Shri Krishna - when He came to bargain in behalf of Pandavas (who was their cousins).

The Kauravas's point blank refusal to change their ways had force war upon them and the Pandavas and on the field of battle, Shri Krishna gave the Bhavagad Gita and instruction that One must exhaust all options for Peace and if Peace still unachievable, then it is rational to wage a Holy (Dharmic) war against Evil doers for it is even greater evil for good people for not doing anything when Justice demands it.

In today's World, the condition in the World continues to deteriorate not because Evil is powerful but because good people continue to stay their hands from waging a holy war against Evil men and women - like Christian missionaries who uses tricks and cons and Muslim fanatics who uses terrorism.

How does Hinduism regard homosexuality?

Hinduism have no official stand on Homosexuality but do consider adultery and pre-marital sex (with different partners) as Sin. In most situation, Sin committed by Individuals are held responsible by Individuals who must answer them accordingly through reactions of Karma. In another word, Hinduism thinks if you commit Sin, it is YOUR duty to fix your own mistake, not run around looking for some dead Roman hanging on a wall or a Middle-Eastern Arab who portray himself as a god to clean your crap.

For those who doesn't understand this, it is called Holding One Responsible for One's own Action.

A person born to a low-caste or as an “untouchable” is trained to think that he or she is in this position and made to suffer greatly because of a crime he or she committed in a past life. Therefore, you must accept slavery and humiliation as a penance for a crime you never have a chance of knowing “you” ever committed. You can never do anything about your station in life – don't resist, or you will ensure divine retribution and even-lower birth!

Where did it say that you must accept evil things like slavery and humiliation as part of Penance? Where did it say that if you resist, you will get divine retribution for it?

There are no such nonsense in Hinduism. Matter a fact, Hinduism taught Hindus that the reason one suffers in life is due to his own past karmic results and therefore MUST find way to break the cycle and move upward.

There are great many sages and saints in Hinduism (in the past and in modern times) who were not Brahmins and still have been recognise (in their own life time) for being great men. Some of them were :-

Harichand Thakur (1811 - 1839)
Nandanar (Only Dalit saint in Nayanars)
Ravidas - Guru of Meera Bhai and lived between 15th to 16th century.
Even in Mahabratha Epic, Sages like Kapinjalada and Sage Madanapala were non-Brahmin as well. Sage Veda Vyasa himself were born from a mother who was a fisherman's daughter.

Being born in low-caste is not a problem in Hinduism. Continue to allow your mind to be caged in believing that you cannot exceed your own and society's limitation are the only true Crime.

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.Atheist.. replied at 1-1-2017 03:07 PM
kesian....... link dah bagi, tapi kamu BUTA

My apologize. I wrote prematurely without noticing the link.

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