(June 29, 2021 at 9:58 am)AkiraTheFighter24 Wrote:
I appreciate your efforts to criticize Hinduism. But, truth be told, the Bhagavad Gita (as per your previous meme) is actually a pretty neat little book. There are different ways to interpret it, of course. You have ISKCON (Hare Krishnas) who have fashioned a quasi-fundamentalist cult with it. But if you try to mine it for philosophical insights, it can be quite a treasure. Arjuna being an archer is probably symbolism.
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There is philosophical Hinduism (which I think is okay) and then on the other end of the spectrum, you have "wack job Hinduism." And it can get pretty nutty. Strange beliefs about Hanuman (a demigod) being responsible for the happenings in the Bermuda Triangle, for instance. Even drinking your own piss.
But it doesn't stop at nuttery. The caste system is straight up institutional theological oppression. And you have things like forced Sati... throwing a widow upon her husband's funeral pyre. Cultural shifts have reduced these practices, but they are inextricably tied to the brutal theocracy that ruled parts of India for centuries.
