Are we all Hindus now?

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Humour is wasted on this guy....

Quote: Originally Posted by SirJosephPorter

There is a very interesting article by Lisa Miller in The Newsweek about religion in USA.
America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that's the lowest percentage in American history). Of course, we are not a Hindu—or Muslim, or Jewish, or Wiccan—nation, either. A million-plus Hindus live in the United States, a fraction of the billion who live on Earth. But recent poll data show that conceptually, at least, we are slowly becoming more like Hindus and less like traditional Christians in the ways we think about God, our selves, each other, and eternity.
Commentary: "We Are All Hindus Now" By: Lisa Miller (Nation-wide)
By that she means that many Christians (religious right excluded, of course) accept that there may be more than one path to the truth, that one could worship many different Gods and still achieve Salvation. That is the classical Hindu belief. Indeed, most Eastern religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism etc.) share this belief. Most of the Eastern religions can really be considered offshoots of Hinduism.
According to Ms. Miller, we are not Hindus, but American (and also I assume Canadian) society is beginning to show some Hindu...

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Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy

Religion is not a spiritual path. It is a rigid adherence to dogma. Religion is designed to keep adherents from reaching enlightenment because if they did they would realize they dodn't need religion or their leaders and the cash cow would dry up.

Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolf

Where are you roamin?

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

Im not a Hindu,on Paper im still Roman Catholic

Quote: Originally Posted by SirJosephPorter

There is a very interesting article by Lisa Miller in The Newsweek about religion in USA.
America is not a Christian nation. We are, it is true, a nation founded by Christians, and according to a 2008 survey, 76 percent of us continue to identify as Christian (still, that's the lowest percentage in American history). Of course, we are not a Hindu—or Muslim, or Jewish, or Wiccan—nation, either. A million-plus Hindus live in the United States, a fraction of the billion who live on Earth. But recent poll data show that conceptually, at least, we are slowly becoming more like Hindus and less like traditional Christians in the ways we think about God, our selves, each other, and eternity.
Commentary: "We Are All Hindus Now" By: Lisa Miller (Nation-wide)
By that she means that many Christians (religious right excluded, of course) accept that there may be more than one path to the truth, that one could worship many different Gods and still achieve Salvation. That is the classical Hindu belief. Indeed, most Eastern religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism etc.) share this belief. Most of the Eastern religions can really be considered offshoots of Hinduism.
According to Ms. Miller, we are not Hindus, but American (and also I assume Canadian) society is beginning to show some Hindu traits. I...

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Quote: Originally Posted by JLM

So are we all going to be cows in the next incarnation?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamirez

Where did the name Hindu come from? The term "Hindu" was created by the invader Muslims when they invaded India. The called it Hindu to refer to beliefs of the people in Hindustan (now India). (Google yourself and learn some history)

Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy

Religion is not a spiritual path. It is a rigid adherence to dogma. Religion is designed to keep adherents from reaching enlightenment because if they did they would realize they dodn't need religion or their leaders and the cash cow would dry up.

Quote: Originally Posted by SirJosephPorter

Quite so, Cliffy. Religion and spirituality are two different things. Spirituality tends to be benign, benevolent. Religion is many times malevolent.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bar Sinister

I'm more Buddhist actually.

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnaG

Really? Buddhism, for instance?

Quote: Originally Posted by SirJosephPorter

Indeed, most Eastern religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism etc.) share this belief. Most of the Eastern religions can really be considered offshoots of Hinduism.

According to Ms. Miller, we are not Hindus, but American (and also I assume Canadian) society is beginning to show some Hindu traits. I tend to agree.

Quote: Originally Posted by giacomo

Dear Sir. Interesting thoughts. I agree also.

My friends say that I am Lutheran Christian, who really is Hindu.

I believe hinduism is the mother religion. Even Christianity, born out of Mithraism, Sumerian myths and Jewish-Gnostic zelotes, might be an offshoot of hinduism. And there are stories of Jesus visiting India, didn't he tell, that his real home was there?

In the -- Jesus says:

"The king asked, 'Who are you sir?' 'You should know that I am Isha Putra, the Son of God'. he replied blissfully, and 'am born of a virgin.'

" 'I am the expounder of the religion of the Mlecchas and I strictly adhere to the Absolute Truth.' Hearing this the king enquired, 'What are religious principles according to you opinion?'

"Hearing this questions of Salivahara, Isha putra said, 'O king, when the destruction of the truth occurred, I, Masiha the prophet, came to this country of degraded people where there are no rules and regulations. Finding that fearful irreligious condition of the barbarians spreading from Mleccha-Desha, I have taken to prophethood'." (Bhavishya Purana 19:23-26.)

Mlecchas means the barbarians, the non-Vedic. Jesus was calling the Jews with this name. After Jesus was crucified, some of his disciples escaped to India, for example, the Saint Thomas Christians. There are many stories in eastern scriptures about Jesus.

Quote: Originally Posted by giacomo

Nanjing. Harbin. Unit 731. Cambodja. Sri Lanka. Buddhism might be the worst.

Quote: Originally Posted by SirJosephPorter

Barto, executed? That is worse than Islam, isn’t it? Islam would only cut off their arms.

Quote: Originally Posted by selin

It is not Islam itself cutting the arms off, it is poor-mindedpeople doing it like that and also poor-minded people understanding it how they wish.

Quote: Originally Posted by selin

It is not Islam itself cutting the arms off, it is poor-mindedpeople doing it like that and also poor-minded people understanding it how they wish.

Quote: Originally Posted by vinod1975

I am also HINDU