Comments on: Atheism in Hinduism http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/ Skepticism and critical thinking in a world of new age, religion and credulous pop culture Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: HP http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-431 HP Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:32:12 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-431 For those of you who prefer to hear the actual audio, you can find it here. http://odeo.com/episodes/88016 In my opinion, it is by far the best overview of the Hindu dharm in existence in English. For those of you who prefer to hear the actual audio, you can find it here.

http://odeo.com/episodes/88016

In my opinion, it is by far the best overview of the Hindu dharm in existence in English.

]]> By: HP http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-430 HP Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:02:12 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-430 It seems many have such a limited and more or less diluted understanding of the Hindu dharm. The cow has earned it's status as sacred because of its many advantages to mankind. Even in death, a cow's body can be used for leather and etc. But alive, it provides dairy and that is essential for a vegetarian diet. Here is a quote from Swami Vivekananda from the Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago, IL: "From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists, and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hindu's religion." You can find the complete speech here: http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_1/addresses_at_the_parliament/v1_c1_paper_on_hinduism.htm It seems many have such a limited and more or less diluted understanding of the Hindu dharm. The cow has earned it’s status as sacred because of its many advantages to mankind. Even in death, a cow’s body can be used for leather and etc. But alive, it provides dairy and that is essential for a vegetarian diet.

Here is a quote from Swami Vivekananda from the Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago, IL:

“From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists, and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hindu’s religion.”

You can find the complete speech here:

http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/volume_1/addresses_at_the_parliament/v1_c1_paper_on_hinduism.htm

]]> By: DB Skeptic http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-407 DB Skeptic Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:35:37 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-407 >The correct plural is Hindus, not Hindu’s. ...Fixed. Thanks for the correction! >The correct plural is Hindus, not Hindu’s.

…Fixed.

Thanks for the correction!

]]> By: Joey Foreman http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-404 Joey Foreman Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:36:24 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-404 Good article. But in both the article and the comment above there is that abominable usage of apostrophe s to indicate a plural. The correct plural is Hindus, not Hindu's. These mistakes undermine the credibility of otherwise well written and informative texts. They may have just been typos, but these should be weeded out of scholarly writing. Good article. But in both the article and the comment above there is that abominable usage of apostrophe s to indicate a plural.
The correct plural is Hindus, not Hindu’s.
These mistakes undermine the credibility of otherwise well written and informative texts.
They may have just been typos, but these should be weeded out of scholarly writing.

]]> By: Nick of CriticalCritique.Com http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-224 Nick of CriticalCritique.Com Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:01:46 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/04/02/atheism-in-hinduism/#comment-224 I was too lazy to read this myself the first time because it seemed like it didn't make any sense to me, but when I heard Andy of DBSkeptic read the audio version of this, I understand it better now. However, I think even many Hindus or the followers of Hinduism do not know or realize about this fact. I've seen some Hindu's also speak somewhat bad about another Indian simply because he or she chose an Atheistic path. Perhaps, people still do speak somewhat bad about you at your back, but even if heard by other Indian Atheist, I don't think it will end up becoming a huge "Holy" war anyways because they'll just ignore the negative comments. The other reason I see there's not much of a problem is because the Atheists in India is rather small in number and so it does not really cause a threat to the religious existence. Today, the Atheist and Skeptic movement of India lead by people like Narendra Nayak, Prabir Ghosh, Basava Premanand (you can read more about them online in Wikipedia) have receive threats, even death threats to stop what they are doing. There are religious and some hired Hindu groups and gangsters who want these Atheist and Skeptic movements to stop exposing the Hindu religion and other superstitious beliefs because this is one way the Hindu charlatans are making money and controlling the masses with power. Right now, the opposition is quite small as these Atheist and Skeptic movements are quite small in number as well. But I wonder will it remain the same if these Atheist and Skeptic movements become larger and more influential in the near future and when it pose a bigger threat to the religious movement? I was too lazy to read this myself the first time because it seemed like it didn’t make any sense to me, but when I heard Andy of DBSkeptic read the audio version of this, I understand it better now.

However, I think even many Hindus or the followers of Hinduism do not know or realize about this fact. I’ve seen some Hindu’s also speak somewhat bad about another Indian simply because he or she chose an Atheistic path. Perhaps, people still do speak somewhat bad about you at your back, but even if heard by other Indian Atheist, I don’t think it will end up becoming a huge “Holy” war anyways because they’ll just ignore the negative comments.

The other reason I see there’s not much of a problem is because the Atheists in India is rather small in number and so it does not really cause a threat to the religious existence.

Today, the Atheist and Skeptic movement of India lead by people like Narendra Nayak, Prabir Ghosh, Basava Premanand (you can read more about them online in Wikipedia) have receive threats, even death threats to stop what they are doing. There are religious and some hired Hindu groups and gangsters who want these Atheist and Skeptic movements to stop exposing the Hindu religion and other superstitious beliefs because this is one way the Hindu charlatans are making money and controlling the masses with power.

Right now, the opposition is quite small as these Atheist and Skeptic movements are quite small in number as well. But I wonder will it remain the same if these Atheist and Skeptic movements become larger and more influential in the near future and when it pose a bigger threat to the religious movement?

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