On Sunday 02 March 2008, divya manian wrote: [snip] > As you said, I think Hinduism is everything and nothing. I think you > can be an atheist and still be a Hindu. And I really like the part of
This is what I meant by the term being devoid of value. I consider there to be great benefit in following the Middle Path, but that doesn't make me a Buddhist. I believe in the equality of all people, but that doesn't make me Christian. If I can practice these, and be agnostic (which I am), and still be called a Hindu, then the term Hinduism is so nebulous that it fails to actually describe anything. > It seems to me that your assumption is a religion needs to be > monotheistic, anti-idolatory, anti-superstition. But I think no There was no such assumption, I was describing some of the core tenets of Sikhism. -Taj.
