I am not a missionary who is out there to convert people to my religion. The Hindu missionary has to worry about that, not me.
I am just average joe posting on a forum with others average joes, discussing and debating concepts.
I don’t care whether you convert to my religion or not, and nor I am going to try persuade you to convert to my religion.
That does not explain why you go out of your way to be disrespectful to other religions, especially Christianity.
I am not intentionally being disrespectful to other religions. I am just sharing my honest judgement about them.
Like I said we Hindus are allowed to do that. We can think, act and speak freely and critically. We are not insecure about having our beliefs, ideas and practices scrutanized.
In fact we invite the highest scrutiny.
I am proud to belong to a culture that has allowed that from day one. This is why we have the most diverse tolerant, rich and vibrant democracy in the world.
I too have the freedom to be a pompous and insulting ass, but at this time, choose to refrain to exercise that freedom.
Please carry on and disregard my pleading for you to be a reasonble person. I can see that it’s hopeless.
I am reasonable and always measure what I say, I am afraid however whatever I will say on the matter of religion is going to offend you.
We consider your religion to be adharmic. This is our way of saying we consider your religion to be false.
Is there anyway of saying this that will not offend you 
That’s the least of it.
I think I will now go talk to a brick wall for awhile for some relief.
It has long been the culture within Hinduism to think, speak and act freely and critically. However, we do observe certain limits(maryadas)
When it comes to the arguments themselves we will be ruthless with them. If they are absurd, they will be called out as absurd. Hinduism is incredibly intolerant towards ignorance, wrong thinking and bad concepts/beliefs. It is your problem if you cannot separate your feelings from your concepts/beliefs.
In general Hinduism is very much like the academic world is suppose to be.
We have a difference of opinion about what a civil discussion should be.
In a forum such as this, my belief is that we should emphasize the good about our faiths, and not attack the faiths of others, especially when there was never a mutual agreement to enter into such a debate.
But do what you have to do. I will not respond in kind, because though I think Hinduism is a false religion, it is not entirely so, and has much good in it, as well as good people who embrace it, and I do not want to insult those people.
I will share what I can about my own faith when appropriate, and defend it from attacks, if practical. (It often takes too much time, since those who attack like to make MANY attacks that are full of distortions and that require much research to respond).
n a forum such as this, my belief is that we should emphasize the good about our faiths, and not attack the faiths of others, especially when there was never a mutual agreement to enter into such a debate.
The attitude that one does not want to hear anything critical about their beliefs is a reflecton of insecurity.
I do not believe in sugar coating things. I say things honestly as I think them. You do not, because you want to maintain some credibility. But we can read in between the lines my friend and we can clearly see you think about our religion, just as we think about your religion. We say it openly, you hide behind insincere platitudes.
[QUOTE=Surya Deva;41867]The attitude that one does not want to hear anything critical about their beliefs is a reflecton of insecurity.
I do not believe in sugar coating things. I say things honestly as I think them. You do not, because you want to maintain some credibility. But we can read in between the lines my friend and we can clearly see you think about our religion, just as we think about your religion. We say it openly, you hide behind insincere platitudes.[/QUOTE]
Please tell me again what I think. :roll:
I don’t mind hearing critical things about my religion, but why do you feel the need to do so so often? Also, it would be a little more fair if the criticisms were true some of the time.
I accept that you are an expert when it comes to Hinduism, at least until I know enough to believe otherwise, and I don’t expect that will be any time soon.
I do not claim to be an expert on Catholicism, but I am more of an expert than you both in knowledge, but more importantly, in experience. You might rightly speak as an authority when it comes to Hinduism and related religions, but should not be speaking with the same authority about other religions, especially Catholicism, since most of the time you don’t seem to know your rear end from a hole in the ground.
But if you’re looking for more ammunition, check out Chick publications.
Two men say they’re Jesus - one of them must be wrong 
At this point, based on the numerous discussions the two of you seem to be having about the same topic, throughout the site, I?m thinking your only option left is Rock, Paper, Scissors
Both can be Divine…
Day never sees the night… and night has no idea about day:p
Jai Sri Krsna!
I find this posting from before to be both funny and pitiful.
For the Christian; with all due respect, and I truly mean this…-
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The information from Kreeft was very much based on incorrect assumptions of both Catholic and Protestant Christian misgivings of other religions in general and Sanatan Dharma (incorrectly understood by the modern term Hindu) in particular.
This is ok… we all have misconceptions based on how we are raised and formed as humans and from the culture from whom we come.
However… when corrected by Surya, about the problematic statements… The Christian jumped in with absolutely no respect.
This is a place of peaceful discussion and when disagreement is likely to occur; as it will happen; Respect and compassion is the way to discuss differences.
Remember; when we say Namaskar… as a greeting, we are literally saying “I greet you with respect and recognize the divine within you”…
So please… the missionary apologetic arguments are completely out of place here…
Let us discuss and speak with each other with respect, compassion and love.
All Glories to God!
Comparing Christianity and Hinduism is like comparing sewage with drinking water.
I agree with Jagannath. The author was not neutral in his exposition but biased towards Christianity (just like every true Christian).
This is precisely why Christianity must be eradicated.
[QUOTE=Nietzsche;62077]Comparing Christianity and Hinduism is like comparing sewage with drinking water. [/QUOTE]
LOL! So true… I say that goes for all the abrahamic cults.
He makes the mistake of confusing one religion: Christianity, with a system that has several religions within it: Hinduism.
If he compared Christianity with, for example, Sri Vaishnavism or Kashmir Shaivism, specifically, then at least he could come to more accurate conclusions wrt a specific religion within Hinduism.
[QUOTE=GORI YOGINI;62346]He makes the mistake of confusing one religion: Christianity, with a system that has several religions within it: Hinduism.
If he compared Christianity with, for example, Sri Vaishnavism or Kashmir Shaivism, specifically, then at least he could come to more accurate conclusions wrt a specific religion within Hinduism.[/QUOTE]
Hinduism doesn’t have several religions within it. What it does have are denominations with various epistemological, onotological, and theological views, varying from atheism to pantheism.
But I agree that most Western definitions of “Hinduism” are flawed since they do not take into account that fact.
Nice try Thomas.
[QUOTE=Asuri;62569]Nice try Thomas, but we know what happens when pearls are cast before the swine. [B]What did you expect from people who drink their own piss?[/B][/QUOTE]
Well, that just proves the validity of your label “white trash.”
EDIT: Lol, editing your comment eh? What a filthy coward. I expect no better from a Westerner.
Go worship a cow, you filthy piss-drinking dot-head.
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