Originally Posted by
Bhakti Yoga Seeker
I am not interested in your preaching or proselytizing here and neither are other Hindu board members. If you want to learn about other faiths, then you need to do unbiased research on it and ask reasonable questions. You are making assumptions and trying to talk intelligently on something that you clearly know nothing about. Virtually every religion including polytheistic ones believes in a Supreme Power of some sort so your comment about "placing some other God above Him" has no place in this discussion and it is a form of preaching because you are essentially saying that only the Christian God is the "real" God. Most pagans and polytheists believe that God is one but that God can represented in many different forms, personalities, names, etc., and will also be seen as formless, nameless, and limitless at the same time. I have yet to meet a pagan that believes in a "my God can beat up your God" mentality.
As to idolatry, those who worship idols don't actually worship the idol itself. Instead, they use the idol as a medium for meditation on God or as a symbolic representation of God depending on the adherent. Be aware that before you start pointing out faults in other religions, make sure that the same don't apply to your faith. Almost every Christian church features one or more crosses, one or more paintings of Jesus, and prayers often are directed toward Jesus instead of "God." These examples can also be seen as idolatry since the cross is being used as a representation of God taking the form of a human and sacrificing himself. Referring to Jesus as God or "son of God" is placing God in the form of a human and creating a distinction between a formless God and a God with a form. So your criticisms of our religion putting a name or face on God are hypocritical when your religion does the exact same thing.
True but naturally you will follow such a statement with something along the lines that "the will of God" is defined in the Christian Bible yet there is no way of proving that the Bible is actually God's word other than what people say. Of course I wouldn't quite agree that "only God is good" because people can also be "good" but will show saintly qualities to a much lesser degree than God.
That is simply your opinion and is not really appropriate for this forum. If you don't approve of Hinduism, why are you here on this forum? Why don't you take your criticisms elsewhere? I also don't see how you could know much about the philosophy of Hinduism because it isn't something that can be easily and instantly understood. The greatest Hindu sages still have spent years studying dharmic philosophy. Hinduism cannot just be grasped in a couple of hours of reading. It is recommended that Hindus keep studying philosophy and associating with other devotees in worship so that the learning and growth can continue. I would be curious to hear just how much philosophy you think you know about Hinduism at least if you do have something positive to contribute on the subject.
Qu'ran is Arabic transliterated into English and Koran is English. I don't see how this is "foreign to the English tongue." Learning basic vocabulary and cultural facts such as what pertains to the second largest religion in the world is simply having the minimal level of education and literacy that one would expect anyone at least by the age of adulthood to have. I don't know what country you are from but regardless knowing how to spell and say such a basic word is elementary education. Of course if it is the United States which I also live in, I am not surprised. Schools here don't seem to teach much about anything multicultural or what goes on in the world outside of Western society. ~BYS~
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