Posted by Ed Viswanathan on May 19, 1998 at 05:18:04:
NO----Not at all. HINDUISM IS THE CULTURE OF INDIA AND NOT AN ORGANIZED RELIGION LIKE ISLAM OR CHRISTIANITY. That is why a true Hindu never proselytizes, but Hindus gladly greet anyone who wants to join Hinduism out of love for Hindu philosophy and Hindu ideals.------------The Bhagavad Gita, an important scripture of Hinduism, urges everyone to FOLLOW THE RELIGION IN WHICH HE/SHE IS BORN-------Hindus never make false promises to convert some to Hinduism
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Hinduism and Judaism are the mothers of all modern religions. ISLAM, Bhahaism and CHRISTIANITY originated from Judaism-----Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrinism etc orginiated from Hinduism------
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In Hindu scriptures, one is reading about the HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIANS IN INDIA. In 66 books of the Holy Bible, one is reading about the TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF 12 TRIBES OF JEWS----In the Holy Bible you will not read about Chinese civilization or Dravidian civilization or Mayan civilization. In the Holy Bible you will not even read about AMERICA. Nobody in the Bibilical period did know such continent existed until Columbus accidently discovered America on his WAY TO INDIA.------
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Just like Hindus Jews are very tolerant of other religions. Jews do not actively persuade others to join their religion...Of course there are many converts to Judaism, but that are not the result of Jews actively propagating their faith....To very large Judaism just like Hinduism is a WAY OF LIFE.
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There is more to write--------read my 2nd post