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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Just say no to "Hinduism" (was Re: ARTICLE : On
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From: maitreya@worldnet.att.net (Joseph M. Emmanuel)
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 06:26:35 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:13:57 GMT, l23@hopi.dtcc.edu (GERALD J. LA CORTE)
wrote:
>: >if the Buddhist, Jain, or other people don't call
>: >themselves Hindu, it is equal to calling Christianity and Islam
>: >denominations of Judaism.
>: There is a different between them. Buddhism was a reaction to the Hindu
>: Brahmin classification, which made Hinduism a very discriminative religion.
>: Brahmans had all the powers and the untouchables were dirts. Buddhism
>: denied the existence of any God. That meant no Brahma, and so no Brahmans.
>: That appealed to the majority of Hindus and many other oppressed people.
>: That is why Buddhism become distinct from Hinduism. It, however, was a
>: reaction to Hinduism.
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>Relgiously, Buddhism is/was a teaching by Siddhartha Gottama, an
>incarnation of God. There are actually quite a few stories of poor
>Bhramans and Vyadha saints, I suppose you haven't heard any of them.
>Buddhists do believe in God, the just don't believe in God like any other
>religion does.
> Have you ever asked a Chinese Buddhist their opinion of Hinduism?
>Or better yet, what the problems are/were with Hinduism? Saying Buddhism
>started because Hinduism was a repressive religion is like saying Mohommad
>spoke of the top of his head or the apostles got together to create the
>Christianity.
> I'm sorry, Buddhism is quite capable of standing on its own
>without Hinduism.
God can send a Revealer to bring a balance between religions. I did not
mean that Buddha was not send by God, He indeed was.
>: Janis and other religions in India (even Sikhs, and other related branches
>: to Islam) are evolved because there was new philosophies that it could not
>: be explained with Hinduism alone. They incorporated it into Hinduism.
>: However, by doing that they themselves became unique.
>: Christianity and Islam are different as they are a completely new
>: Revelations and are separated from Judaism. They each stand alone without
>: acknowledging Judaism. These other religions in india can not do that.
>: They all have their roots grounded in Hinduism. Hinduism is a Mystical
>: Religion (the Goal is to become One with God). These other religions have
>: similar Goals. They may call Goal different thing, but the process is
>: similar.
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>Not to question your opinion, but what is your background in Hinduism? Do
>you realize you just insulted the religion of over half the people in the
>world?
>
>Jay
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