--- Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are also the "Hinduism is a way of life"
> people who tell me that I
> can be a Hindu despite my atheism, but I've
> never been able to get a
> straight answer from anyone about what exactly
> that way of life entails.
Atheism and religious membership need not be
mutually exclusive. It depends on how atheism is
defined; a common definition is non-belief in a
personal god. The Advaita vedanta school of
Hinduism, IMO, for all practical purposes
espouses athesim. So does Zen Buddhism. So, an
Advitan could be considered as both a hindu and
an atheist.
shyam
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