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Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 2:14 pm
I read a explanation for a user here on Hinduism that said it's basically like if anceint greece took their whole culture and packaged it into something called greekism. Now india has a very rich history that developed some explicitly atheist philisophies that some consider to be part of hinduism hence the question.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 2:20 pm
Every insecure culture tries to puff itself up by claiming it is the ultimate source of wisdom and progress and others merely stole from it. A confident culture doesn't harp on how long it's history has been or how much others alledgedly stole form it in the past. Sufficient for it is how well it is doing now. Only a culture that can't compete in present performance that tries to impress by tales of how it did back in the days of myth.
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 2:44 pm
It seems to me that you are calling out a specific member... Oh wait, nevermind, Its none of my business... 
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 2:47 pm
(November 6, 2013 at 2:44 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It seems to me that you are calling out a specific member... Oh wait, nevermind, Its none of my business...
No I'm not actually, apo was the one that explained that bit of hinduism to me, but in all honesty it was just something I'm wondering about
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Which thread was it in. I don't know anything about Hinduism and would be interested in Apo's take.
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 3:26 pm
(November 6, 2013 at 2:47 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: No I'm not actually, apo was the one that explained that bit of hinduism to me, but in all honesty it was just something I'm wondering about
If she explained it to you, why the need to ask again? *scraches head*
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 3:58 pm
The OP question confuses me...in what context was this spoken?
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 4:11 pm
It seems to me anyone can imagine him/herself to be an atheist as well as a member of any religion. The question would the majority of other people of that same religion consider that person to be a member of that religion.
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Well, I think you can be culturally Hindu and an atheist. Just like you can be culturally Jewish or Catholic and be an atheist. Religions come with traditions and holidays which may be celebrated even if one does not subscribe to the religion itself.
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RE: Can someone be hindu and a Atheist?
November 6, 2013 at 5:14 pm
(November 6, 2013 at 2:44 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It seems to me that you are calling out a specific member... Oh wait, nevermind, Its none of my business...
Wait your not a mod now? Now what was explained to me is that Hinduism isn't so much a religion like Christianity so much as its a whole culture reactively packaged as a religion in response to Islam. That left me wondering
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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