<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Since you don't know, you shouldn't assume that buddhists are peace-loving, or that they're different from christofascists. One should at least admit the possibility that they're just as bad, considering their track record. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I said specifically that I did not know any Lankan Sinhalese or Lankan Buddhists. I know many non-Lankan Buddhists.
So I do know Buddhists and they are not 'bad' and they are nothing like Christians. No comparison.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are plenty of sites, books and articles, where our 'allies' including sikhs, buddhists, jains bash us over and over. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->There are most definitely some Sikhs and Indian Buddhists and possibly (?) Jains who knock Hinduism. (There was a site where a 'Jain' was writing about how Hindus were communalist and only trying to unify with Jains so as to fight ChristoIslamism. The writer made at least 4 mistakes about Jainism and I got suspicious. Turns out the site was a Christian propaganda site.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In what way are these 'patriots' different from secularists who also chant the same mantra?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Anti-Hindu Indians are no different from the secularists. I never said they weren't. But the religions of Jainism and Buddhism (eastern Buddhism at least) are not inimical to Hindus and Hinduism at all. These religions do not advocate converting and conquering us or anyone else by force or other unethical means.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Have you ever come across any debate on defending hindus on a sikh/jain/buddhist forum? Impossible, because either they bash hindus or ignore them, but NEVER consider hindus as friends. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Then you are visiting the wrong fora. I have a Jain friend, very pro-Hindu - rather like Sandhya Jain and her family. My family had Jain neighbours in India, who insisted they were a Hindu community (even if they hadn't they would still have been on amicable terms with Hinduism). Perhaps you are going to the wrong places and forming opinions based on bad apples.
My experience with ChristoIslamism and from reading about these 2 religions is that I have yet to find good apples that are properly professing their faith.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bottom line, Hindus need to focus more on how to consolidate people who call themselves hindus, rather than speculate on whether or not buddhists, sikhs or whoever are worthy of our compassion.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Don't know Sikhs, won't speculate. I know Buddhists and Jains and all of them are very much appreciative and respectful of Hinduism and they do not do this in spite of their religion (they are very knowledgeable Buddhists and Jains). If any Jains and Buddhists you have in your circle is antagonistic to Hinduism, I am sorry. But you are making the wrong generalisation in this case.
Please show me True ChristoIslamics (that is, proper followers of their faiths) who do not at the very least think unbelievers are going to hell/jekinnah and so advocate or hope for converting Hindus and other non-ChristoIslamics.
This post won't resolve our differences, I'm sure. So guess we'll have to agree to disagree. In any case, I am not going to change my opinion on this matter.
So I do know Buddhists and they are not 'bad' and they are nothing like Christians. No comparison.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are plenty of sites, books and articles, where our 'allies' including sikhs, buddhists, jains bash us over and over. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->There are most definitely some Sikhs and Indian Buddhists and possibly (?) Jains who knock Hinduism. (There was a site where a 'Jain' was writing about how Hindus were communalist and only trying to unify with Jains so as to fight ChristoIslamism. The writer made at least 4 mistakes about Jainism and I got suspicious. Turns out the site was a Christian propaganda site.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In what way are these 'patriots' different from secularists who also chant the same mantra?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Anti-Hindu Indians are no different from the secularists. I never said they weren't. But the religions of Jainism and Buddhism (eastern Buddhism at least) are not inimical to Hindus and Hinduism at all. These religions do not advocate converting and conquering us or anyone else by force or other unethical means.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Have you ever come across any debate on defending hindus on a sikh/jain/buddhist forum? Impossible, because either they bash hindus or ignore them, but NEVER consider hindus as friends. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Then you are visiting the wrong fora. I have a Jain friend, very pro-Hindu - rather like Sandhya Jain and her family. My family had Jain neighbours in India, who insisted they were a Hindu community (even if they hadn't they would still have been on amicable terms with Hinduism). Perhaps you are going to the wrong places and forming opinions based on bad apples.
My experience with ChristoIslamism and from reading about these 2 religions is that I have yet to find good apples that are properly professing their faith.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bottom line, Hindus need to focus more on how to consolidate people who call themselves hindus, rather than speculate on whether or not buddhists, sikhs or whoever are worthy of our compassion.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Don't know Sikhs, won't speculate. I know Buddhists and Jains and all of them are very much appreciative and respectful of Hinduism and they do not do this in spite of their religion (they are very knowledgeable Buddhists and Jains). If any Jains and Buddhists you have in your circle is antagonistic to Hinduism, I am sorry. But you are making the wrong generalisation in this case.
Please show me True ChristoIslamics (that is, proper followers of their faiths) who do not at the very least think unbelievers are going to hell/jekinnah and so advocate or hope for converting Hindus and other non-ChristoIslamics.
This post won't resolve our differences, I'm sure. So guess we'll have to agree to disagree. In any case, I am not going to change my opinion on this matter.