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indc says

Are you saying tulsi gabbard is not hindu?

Would she be accepted as a Hindu in India?

Patrick says

indc says

Are you saying tulsi gabbard is not hindu?

Would she be accepted as a Hindu in India?

That is a good philosophical question.
Do you want all 1billion to accept her? Or if 1 person accepts is it enough? or you want a majority 500,000,001 accept her its enough?

Someone does not become hindu just because other hindus accept them. They become hindu just by thought. If you follow Dharma you become a Hindu.

Now if you are asking will they accept her into their family. I cant say. But just her name will give her entrance to any home.

farmer2021 says

Faith and science are different.

You're conflating two different things. I also believe science has been massively wrong. We're witnessing it over the last year or so. Literally masks didn't work and now they do. We can't get a vaccine and now we have 3 in record time. That was a year ago. You think someone got these stories right 2k+ years ago and transferred them accurately till today? Hell no.

NuttBoxer says

The Old Testament is one of the most accurate historical works ever produced.

My above comment on science.

There are multiple religions. By default one HAS to be wrong. The result is fighting over fiction tales that results in people killing each other over things they "morally" weren't supposed to do.

I don't care if people believe or give to a church country club, but it's pure crap. Has nothing to do with science. But if you do give you're just giving your money to an empire and you're the minion. There will be no decision at the end. You'll be dead. Jews, Catholics and Muslims as religious bodies are probably 10X wealthier than the biggest corporation in the world. What is that money getting YOU if you're religious? Oh that's right, prime real estate and power across the planet for the elites in religion.

Sorry, I'm pragmatic and logical. Religion is a con. No argument can change my mind. Even history tells it was a con from the Middle Ages with Religion versus Monarchy. It's a power grab.

In spite of religion generally being a money-making operation, I think it has clear benefits for adherents:

- a community to belong to
- a good story that creates a mental framework independent of leftist nihilism
- traditions which structure family life
- specific rules to follow which generally lead to a longer healthier life (religious people do live longer)

To throw out religion entirely is to dump the baby with the bathwater. Though I find it impossible to literally believe in any specific religion myself.

Patrick says

In spite of religion generally being a money-making operation, I think it has clear benefits for adherents:

- a community to belong to
- a good story that creates a mental framework independent of leftist nihilism
- traditions which structure family life
- specific rules to follow which generally lead to a longer healthier life (religious people do live longer)

To throw out religion entirely is to dump the baby with the bathwater. Though I find it impossible to literally believe in any specific religion myself.

In the end human being by himself/herself and even as a community is too little to understand universe.
I find Big Bang and other theories too hard to understand , The math behind anti matter etc. is too difficult for average man to understand so we rely on experts and believe them.

Religion is very similar , If tries to describe something which is beyond human understanding.
(Sikh gurus talked about galaxies and thousand of stars 5+ centuries ago).

As long as religion or science is free of exploitation and tries to serve humanity .. It is good in my book.