Judaism and Hinduism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ultimately Hinduism and Judaism have strong cultural component.
Hinduism with Indian culture.
Judaism with Israel.
You have to have some kind of Cultural and historical connections with this Countries to belong.

Huh? This is such BS. Most Jews have no connection to Israel and belong just fine. You know the Jewish people existed way before the state of Israel?

Also, please be aware that there are many Hindus who do not live in India.

What a load of crock.

Years ago the Dalai Lama commented about westerners seeking out eastern religions, to the effect that it would be better for them to explore the religious traditions from their own culture. I doubt I can find the quote but it was in an interview, maybe Time magazine.

[Anonymous]

Nepal is a Hindu country, Pakistan is a Muslim country. Which means that tenets if the religion informs the state policies.

India is a SECULAR DEMOCRACY...just like US.

Maybe US have majority Christians but what does it mean? Does not prevent USA from taking Christian migrant children away from their parents, lock them in cages, and let loose pedophile ICE agents and cops on them who rape them nightly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s always striking how people who are not members of a certain faith will attempt to explain to a practitioner what in fact their faith really is. It’s amusing but also really ignorant.

Sometimes members of a faith do not know themselves.
Open up a book on world religions. There is no need to actually meet a member of the faith to get some knowledge

+1

Most people belong to a religion by birth.
They believe because their parents believe in it.
Even within the religious community there is conservative and liberal points of views.

Thank you for making the pp’s point.

Pp stated clearly that it’s always people not of a CERTAIN faith that try to school those that do practice about their own religion.

We’ve seen it here on this one thread over and over and over.

I read and UNDERSTAND my own SCRIPTURES not the glossed over, whitewashed, coming from a Western world point of view, and unconscious or conscious bias from the author ‘world religion’ book you picked up off Amazon or your college 101 section that made you feel so enlightened.

But thanks again for trying to school (and harvest the souls) of those heathens that just don’t know anything and blindly follow what they’ve been born into.

Interesting that you use the word heathens. I associate that term with catholicism and colonial era politics. It is not in use anymore and I very rarely come across it. Sounds like in this context it is being used for self pity purposes

It sounds like you live in a privileged bubble. It’s very sad that you are so unaware.

I associate that term with one of the names I’ve been called (growing up here in America) along with being chastised about how I’m going to go to Hell. It’s also very broadly used along with lots of other derogatory names with missionary groups in India and here when confronting Hindus. The tactics are starting to soften now though, more things like ‘ you can still be Hindu, you just need to accept Christ as as a savior, don’t worry you will still have your culture..” wouldn’t be surprised if you’re the ‘Christian Hindu’ poster from above.

You’re doing yourself no favors by continually posting on matters you have no clue about and have not lived.
If you really need to get your holier than thou rocks off though, bring out those missionary tactic books, I’d love to hear more.

I’m a PROUD heathen, pagan, nature praying, multiple Gods and Goddesses loving, ‘idol worshiper’ . Your names empower me.

Jai Mata Di! 🙏🏽🕉🕉🕉
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti OM

I am the PP that said most people belong to a religion by birth.
If you are born in India most likely you will follow Hinduism .
If you are born in Saudi Arabia there is 99% probability you will be Muslim.
If you are born in majority Christian country there is great chance you will be Christian.

My point is you can be Hindu and be a great scholar of Christianity.

Nice twist. Very clever, "You can be Hindu and be a great scholar of Christianity".. come let me give you Bible translated into your native language... let me guess, another page from the missionary playbook..

You posted +1 to the person defending their schooling of a Hindu person by stating that some don't know their religion. You followed up by saying people believe in it because their parents do.
All this is in response to you or others on this thread trying to tell a practicing Hindu what their religion is or as the one post states that it's ''not a real religion'.

Most Hindus do not care to be 'great scholars of Christianity', we are a You Do You religion. We're quite content with our religion, whereas it seems Christians constantly need to study other religions to search for proof that they are right and others are wrong. Lots of insecurity there. But let's just go with your hypothetical.

Even if a Hindu was a great scholar of Christianity, it would be absolutely RIDICULOUS for that person to then go around telling practicing Christians that they do not know their religion and to then proceed to try to school Christianity from their point of view to them. And to further tell them that whatever they think they know is wrong because even though they're Hindu, they've studied Christianity and know way more than practicing Christians, even way more than Christian clergy. The Hindu scholar is the one that read textbooks about Christianity and interpreted Christian scriptures through their lens and now they absolutely know Christian theology best.

And FYI, there are more Muslims in India than Saudia Arabia, Pakistan, UAE, Afghanistan combined.

[Anonymous]

“Most don’t know their religion“, statement is about followers of all religion .
I know agnostics who knows more about the Bible than Christians.
Hinduism in India is still a majority.
A baby born today will have 7/10 chances to being Hindu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Most don’t know their religion“, statement is about followers of all religion .
I know agnostics who knows more about the Bible than Christians.
Hinduism in India is still a majority.
A baby born today will have 7/10 chances to being Hindu.

Posting that on thread that is specifically about Hinduism and Judaism. What point are you trying to make by posting that?

Especially, what point are you trying to make posting that after several posts in here trying to tell Hindus (wrongly) what they do and do not believe and someone commenting on those posts specifically is what your response was to.

It is so rich of you to jump in and actually start proselyting on this thread about with classic missionary tactics. This religious superiority disorder is truly akin to a mental health issue.

OP, I hope you have got your answer. You have now seen first hand how the polar opposite of Hinduism and (I assume) Judaism work. We don't seek out converts. Those that seek them out are interested in feeling superior and appearing righteous. They need to win- it's a religious game that we don't play.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“Most don’t know their religion“, statement is about followers of all religion .
I know agnostics who knows more about the Bible than Christians.
Hinduism in India is still a majority.
A baby born today will have 7/10 chances to being Hindu.

Posting that on thread that is specifically about Hinduism and Judaism. What point are you trying to make by posting that?

Especially, what point are you trying to make posting that after several posts in here trying to tell Hindus (wrongly) what they do and do not believe and someone commenting on those posts specifically is what your response was to.

It is so rich of you to jump in and actually start proselyting on this thread about with classic missionary tactics. This religious superiority disorder is truly akin to a mental health issue.

OP, I hope you have got your answer. You have now seen first hand how the polar opposite of Hinduism and (I assume) Judaism work. We don't seek out converts. Those that seek them out are interested in feeling superior and appearing righteous. They need to win- it's a religious game that we don't play.

I was answering the PP who said “nice twice “ in his post.
Without using quote because it was to long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do agree that there is a cultural component to both Judaism and Hinduism, but not tied to a specific country.

Israel and India??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Most don’t know their religion“, statement is about followers of all religion .
I know agnostics who knows more about the Bible than Christians.
Hinduism in India is still a majority.
A baby born today will have 7/10 chances to being Hindu.

Posting that on thread that is specifically about Hinduism and Judaism. What point are you trying to make by posting that?

Especially, what point are you trying to make posting that after several posts in here trying to tell Hindus (wrongly) what they do and do not believe and someone commenting on those posts specifically is what your response was to.

It is so rich of you to jump in and actually start proselyting on this thread about with classic missionary tactics. This religious superiority disorder is truly akin to a mental health issue.

OP, I hope you have got your answer. You have now seen first hand how the polar opposite of Hinduism and (I assume) Judaism work. We don't seek out converts. Those that seek them out are interested in feeling superior and appearing righteous. They need to win- it's a religious game that we don't play.

I was answering the PP who said “nice twice “ in his post.
Without using quote because it was to long.

Again- What point are you trying to make?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Most don’t know their religion“, statement is about followers of all religion .
I know agnostics who knows more about the Bible than Christians.
Hinduism in India is still a majority.
A baby born today will have 7/10 chances to being Hindu.

Posting that on thread that is specifically about Hinduism and Judaism. What point are you trying to make by posting that?

Especially, what point are you trying to make posting that after several posts in here trying to tell Hindus (wrongly) what they do and do not believe and someone commenting on those posts specifically is what your response was to.

It is so rich of you to jump in and actually start proselyting on this thread about with classic missionary tactics. This religious superiority disorder is truly akin to a mental health issue.

OP, I hope you have got your answer. You have now seen first hand how the polar opposite of Hinduism and (I assume) Judaism work. We don't seek out converts. Those that seek them out are interested in feeling superior and appearing righteous. They need to win- it's a religious game that we don't play.

Big ❤️. Well said

[Anonymous]

The only time I ever felt pressure to convert to another religion was when dating my Jewish boyfriend. It was a constant topic of conversation. Both he and his parents brought it up constantly with me. I must convert and our future children must be raised Jewish. There would be no compromise at all. No shared religion. I was young so it made me feel terrible. After a few years we broke up. The pressure was too much. He married someone else and yes she converted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only time I ever felt pressure to convert to another religion was when dating my Jewish boyfriend. It was a constant topic of conversation. Both he and his parents brought it up constantly with me. I must convert and our future children must be raised Jewish. There would be no compromise at all. No shared religion. I was young so it made me feel terrible. After a few years we broke up. The pressure was too much. He married someone else and yes she converted.

+1. I had a similar experience with an ex-fiancé.

Also, people who say Jews are interested in conversions ignore a lot of intra-Jewish activity. There are a ton of Orthodox Jews who spend a lot of time trying to get secular or Reform Jews to “convert” to Orthodoxy.

[Anonymous]

^^^ should say “aren’t interested,” not “are interested”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only time I ever felt pressure to convert to another religion was when dating my Jewish boyfriend. It was a constant topic of conversation. Both he and his parents brought it up constantly with me. I must convert and our future children must be raised Jewish. There would be no compromise at all. No shared religion. I was young so it made me feel terrible. After a few years we broke up. The pressure was too much. He married someone else and yes she converted.

That is an interesting point to the discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only time I ever felt pressure to convert to another religion was when dating my Jewish boyfriend. It was a constant topic of conversation. Both he and his parents brought it up constantly with me. I must convert and our future children must be raised Jewish. There would be no compromise at all. No shared religion. I was young so it made me feel terrible. After a few years we broke up. The pressure was too much. He married someone else and yes she converted.

That is an interesting point to the discussion.

Without the context of thousands of years of auto-de-fes, farhuds, pogroms, the Shoah, dimmi, forced kidnapping of children, forced kidnapping of girls and women including rape and compelled marriage, yes, I suppose it is...

[Anonymous]

Although I am often amazed how little some folks who are Hindu know about other religions. Sounds like a start of a joke but a Catholic, Jew and Hindu at lunch was discussing religion. I threw out well Catholics believe Jesus is God and Jews believe he is a nice Jewish Boy who went into his fathers business. Both believe he existed but Jews do not believe he was messiah.

The Hindu was kinda shocked that Jews and Catholics both believe Jesus was a man who walked earth. Their Gods are more mythical not just walking among us.

But the part I found interesting the Hindu was born in New Jersey. Heck a cheesy Xmas cartoon you can see Jesus born as a person.