On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Danese Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, but you're not "born" Catholic. You have to consciously choose it and > be "confirmed" before you can celebrate sacrament. Hinduism has a lower bar > to entry. My understanding is that pretty much everybody (even a future > Catholic) is "born" Hindu. I'm sure you'll all let me know if I've been > misinformed ;-).
It's true that Hinduism lays claim who all who breathe this air, walk on this earth and live under the sky. Does this mean one is a Catholic and a Hindu at the same time? Or how about a Muslim and a Hindu? If not, then does that mean signing up to another religion unregisters one from Hinduism? If so, how does atheism fare? Besides there is no formal process (legally speaking) to be admitted as an atheist, and even then atheism is a valid form of Hinduism. I read this comic book once (many years ago) that portrayed Buddha and Jesus Christ as avatars of Vishnu. Cheeni
