THIS QUESTION IS OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF NON-HINDU COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO DONT BELIEVE IN ANY RELIGION.... Thanx for ur co-operation
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hindu is a great nice peacefull tolerant culture/religion. I am not one, but I welcome them all.\non a scale of 1-10 i give them a 9.
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your question is answered to an extent by PUMA. \n\nthere are questions about hinduism too. Some of your answerers to this question have also been asking about it.\n\nOften they use quite insulting things or just ignorant like that seeker above. \n\nhinduism is a collection of various kind of philosophies. It is neither as well defined doctrine as christianity nor as politically determined as islam.tolerance is its fundamental quality. The result is that askers do not get much furl to go on.\n\n hinduism is around since the first harrapan civilization came up. its roots go even beyond it. Such an old tradition is more like a grandpa. let the children argue and fight. grandpa has got more matured for that.\n\nRegarding seeker's post:\n\nwell I usually try to use nice language but... the seeker above is an idiot.\n\nhindus are not only free to ask questions, they are free to choose doctrines or parts of it. open debates were encouraged even in vedic times. if i believe in god i am hindu. if i do not even them i am hindu. \n\nnobody is ever condemn to hell and hindus never percecuted anybody for theiur religious beliefs. buddhism, jainism , sikhism all are off shoots of himnduism. it is always ready to accept new theories which have logical proofs. it never challanged any scientific theory.\n\nAnd no cow is not a god.
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A very good question.  \n\nMuch debate has gone up about the POLYTHEISTIC nature of Hindu.  The religion is known to have so many gods it is debated that there is no god at all to Hindu (among western academics), though it is so obviously a religion.\n\nGodhead is the name for the form of god in Hindu.  Godhead is in all things, all objects, all shapes, and all places.  In Hindu, god is worshipped in many shapes, the shapes of the many gods, and yet it is a general, universal god they celebrate, even though it is multitudes of gods.\n\nI understood it best when I heard a (poor) translation of a Hindu prayer, I will try to recall here: \n\n"God forgive me for these sins I commit, \nFor I am human.  \n\nYou are in all things, \nAnd I worship you in these things, \nYou are in all forms \nAnd I worship you in this form, \nYou are in all places, \nAnd I worship you in this place.  \n\nGod, forgive me for these sins I commit, \nFor I am human."
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Hinduism is practiced abroad in India, they believe that they are reincarnated over and over until they finally become perfect. They worship, what a lot of people call false gods. Could go on forever. But this is just a piece. Good luck....PHB
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First of all, Buddhists do not believe in God, so you are misinformed; it is Hinduism that refers to the Creator as Brahma. Secondly, if you have to ask this question, you probably don't need to convert, cause you aren't even sure yourself.
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No.  This is a false representation of the hindu religion.  They consider the cow to be a sacred animal because of it's milk.  It being related to the mother's milk, thus life sustenance.
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No one can know the mind of God, because I don’t think anything written in ANY religious book is from a divine source, it’s from people who were trying to control the status quo in whatever time it was written.  It had more to do with politics than it did worship.
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I am a Deist.  We believe in God, but do not believe in holy texts.  So there is a whole religion out there that believes in God, but no texts.
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This is the same fact that religious people seem to ignore.  Unless you are an open-minded, intelligent person your religion will be whatever you were born into.  If your parents were Hindu, you'd be a Hindu.  This simply fact should lead any reasonable person to the result that all world religions are false.
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animism is still very much part of hinduism. we believe god is present everywhere. rishi kanad declared everying is made of atoms(kana). it also accepted that whole world is made of 5 elements (earth,water,fire,air and space). and \nevery element is a form of god.\n\ni do not know about Tantric rituals as such. but often a milder form of it is still practiced. even on internet. you will find tantrik raksha kavatch sold on line. there are yntras representing god and mantras to recite revering it in that form. \n\nmostly these pooja are more related with mother Kali or Kal Bhairav(a form of shiva, time personified). \n\n some tantrik sects still do exist. and I would not be surprised if there are some of them still following full fledged tantric rituals. some of these sects were not respected that much, you know why i guess. but people still believe in their powers. and were too afraid of them to criticize at their face. still are. \n\nbuddhist also had a tantric sect and goddess Tara was the chief goddess.\n\nshamans are still out there. mostly in tribal areas or villages but even in big cities tantrik have a good buissness. though most of them are frauds. even muslim shamans are present.\n\n\n\nregarding Ali's post:\n\nwell dear we do not need muslim scholar to tell what you are saying. we already know it. it is a long established fact; for some 3000 years now . i am surprised that only one muslim scholar was able to find that out! man! that is slow.
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Of course, your question 'do you still think I am in the wrong group' will raise the ire of those whose belief systems are more rigid and dogmatic than your own.    If this religion suits you, who am I to tell you that there is something better somewhere else?  So, go on, surprise us then.....  you're a Hindu following the Smarta tradition.  Am I right?  The only thing you have not mentioned is reincarnation, but that would have given it away.
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I am thinking that it may be because most users on the site are Christian, and Hindu questions aren't as "popular."  So maybe people just go with the flow.  I am a Hindu but I do ask many Christian questions just because I figure most people here are Christian, and if I ask them a question, then I get to hear their insights.  I like hearing from people of all different backgrounds and religious convictions.
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I know what youre getting at. most christians are too closed minded to accept that Jesus might have been Hindu. namaste
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that whould be Venus worship. which stopped around the time of Hinduism. Beofre xianity they all went to heaven without worrying about it. Now it seems like christianity has stunted spirtual growth.
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I do not...all of this religion stuff to me could be considered a myth...all beliefs are opinions from ones upbringings,teachings,and faith.
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yes it it true that all of us agree that their is only one god. even in hinduism where apprentlly many gods are worshipped even the uneducated devout hindu agrees that all of them are just different facets of one divine gem.\n  the real problem is not that there is someone other than god being worshipped but everbody thinks his is the only right way of worshipping.\n\n Regarding OPM's post:\n   the paragraph is not out of context. The Upnishads contain deep philosophical theories and maintain that there is only one abstract god. in hinduism it is just accepted that worshipping something you can feel but not see is not possible for everyone. and most of the people need a symbol. so hinduism allows you to worship and pray to god in whatever form you like .\n\nKrishna says :\nif any worshiper do reverence with faith to any god whatever,\ni make his faith firm and in that faith he reverences his god and gains his desires for it is i who bestow them.\n\n accept it or not, while people may not be worshiping  actual idols every faith has something as a symbol of god . Be it a book or be it a cross or a place or a structure.
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Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. <3