From: rhassan@libws2.ic.sunysb.edu (Rana Hassan)
Subject: For HINDU eyes only...
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:40:00 GMT

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian, soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: For Hindu eyes ONLY...
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	The theory about religion is something which one believes in and has a lot of faith in even though its divine properties barely exist within the realm of the world.  Only logical properties (i.e.: life and death) exist within
this world considered that of the mortal's.  The greater religions of the
world, which are Islam and Christianity (Judaism is not that big) tend to have a certain unique texture about them.  They have men who are considered either
messengers of God or even the Son of God (Christianity).  Then there are those who have tales of miracles which occur through these religions.  People have 
witnessed many miracles and have told of them.  People from far across the
world have witnessed similar events in life which relate to these religions.
There are stories told by the prophets and by the Son of God (Christianity)
which talk about the future and what it has in store.  A lot of those
predictions have come true.  A lot of what is going on today is a sense of what
has been predicted over a thousand to two years ago.
	Now I have a question.  I do not want to sound rude in any manner nor
do I want anyone to take offense in any way (That is not why I have written
this).  The question is that Hinduism is probably one of the more artistic and
beautifully sounding religion with intriguing stories from all over BUT I have
NEVER heard of even one story or event giving this religion any truth or proof of existence as something which is the REAL meaning of life.  If one thinks
about it, there are many things in Hinduism which a young child might believe  to deem true about the world yet this child might believe and have no evidence.  When I was a kid, I used to look at the world and think that I would someday die and become an animal of the forst/jungle.  But think about it, where is the proof that this is to occur.  How many times has animal ever given the sense  that they were once a human who has now become this animal.  To repeat myself, I really am not putting down this rel


igion I honestly think it is very lovely  but for me to even believe that there is a chance of it being the real
religion of the world, I would need some stronger proof of it.  I mean look at the caste system, a lot of Hindus do not like the idea of the caste system, as from some who I have spoke to.  A lot of the Hindus which migrate to the United States do not become the same thing as their parents were.  Where has the 
pride and the faith gone?  When one goes to India, different tribes have 
different beliefs and different languages for the religion.  Where has
Hinduism's unity gone?  Another thing is that Hinduism came from the Aryans of the Middle East, how in the world were one of the Gods born in India?  I really don't get a lot of the religion.  Every single Hindu has a different aspect of the whole truth.  Even though there is a somewhat of a core of where the
religion's theories come from and who its gods are, the outside is totally
different from tribe to tribe.  If someone can help me out with the true
meaning of this religion please do so because it is a highly criticized
religion by many and by me.

						rhassan@csws3.ic.sunysb.edu



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