04-04-2009, 05:22 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-agnivayu+Apr 3 2009, 11:49 AM-->QUOTE(agnivayu @ Apr 3 2009, 11:49 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->In reality, Hinduism and Religion are Abhrahamic inventions (Just the terms of course, as Vedic Civlization has existed for thousands of years before any Abhrahamic religion existed).
However, it's also true Hinduism is a religion in relation to Islam and Christianity.
The right answer is that Hinduism is more than just religion, it's everything that's native to India.Â
Depending on the situation and who you are dealing with, it can be a religion (Islam vs. Christianity) or cultural nationalism (when dealing with Non-religious enemies).
These things are mostly Political statements and strategy. In reality there can only be one reality, but that's why spirituality is separate from politics.
Hindu civilization is more analogous to Western Civilization than Christianity alone. In other words it includes many Philosophies.
Be flexible in your strategy. In Europe and even in the U.S. and rest of the world, Non-religious movements are gaining in strength as people see the absurdity of organized Abhrahamic religions. The RSS chiefs strategy might be to confuse the enemy and distinguish Hinduism from the Crusader and Jihadi war that's raging in the world right now.
Your comment equating me to a provincial governor of the Neo-Roman Empire (Catholic Church) is meaningless.
Christianity's appeal is due to the Wealth and Power of the West as their philosophy is hollow and weak. Given that those things are steadily declining, the Catholic's may be getting impatient and desperate.
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Very good
However, it's also true Hinduism is a religion in relation to Islam and Christianity.
The right answer is that Hinduism is more than just religion, it's everything that's native to India.Â
Depending on the situation and who you are dealing with, it can be a religion (Islam vs. Christianity) or cultural nationalism (when dealing with Non-religious enemies).
These things are mostly Political statements and strategy. In reality there can only be one reality, but that's why spirituality is separate from politics.
Hindu civilization is more analogous to Western Civilization than Christianity alone. In other words it includes many Philosophies.
Be flexible in your strategy. In Europe and even in the U.S. and rest of the world, Non-religious movements are gaining in strength as people see the absurdity of organized Abhrahamic religions. The RSS chiefs strategy might be to confuse the enemy and distinguish Hinduism from the Crusader and Jihadi war that's raging in the world right now.
Your comment equating me to a provincial governor of the Neo-Roman Empire (Catholic Church) is meaningless.
Christianity's appeal is due to the Wealth and Power of the West as their philosophy is hollow and weak. Given that those things are steadily declining, the Catholic's may be getting impatient and desperate.
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Very good