On Saturday 01 Mar 2008 9:52:46 am va wrote: > I for one dislike any political party speaking on behalf of my religious > beliefs.... mainly because as a religion Hinduism is not organised, has no > strict rules and our life karma rests entirely on an individual > (creature?). Losing that freedom is a shame.
True. But there may well be greater forces at work. If you look at the history of the regions that were overrun by Christianity and Islam and all the kafir/pagan faiths that were replaced across Europe, Asia and the Americas, there are two possible explanations: 1) The faiths were not good. They were not true religions worth following Their Gods were not good enough and were replaced by superior faiths and the one true God 2) The religions Christianity and Islam were organized and adversarial, and did not brook opposition. They raised armies in the name of their God that just overran and eliminated all opposition. History has something to say about what actually happened, I believe. Why then did Hinduism survive? I have thought about this and do not claim to know the answer, but I have theories. I do not think Hinduism survived because of any great superiority in belief or great competence of Hindu Gods. In fact if you ask people they will give you a long list of all that is bad about Hinduism The only explanation for the survival of Hinduism I believe that its followers managed to be just as murderous against opponents as Christianity and Islam. Has anything changed? shiv
