(May 30, 2012 at 10:51 am)Wright Wrote: Well, there is officially no religious classification of Hinduism. I only did it to help you all understand.
My point is that you did not do it correctly.
(May 30, 2012 at 10:51 am)Wright Wrote: And, no, some (so-called) Hindus even sacrifice cows.
Specific examples please. I want to use them the next time my family is on my ass about eating beef.
(May 30, 2012 at 10:51 am)Wright Wrote: And, Gandhi didn't worship Ram as a deity. That's where you are wrong.
Really? Then I must be imagining the words "Hey Ram" inscribed on his cenotaph. Or that one of his favorite prayers was the bhajan about Ram.
(May 30, 2012 at 10:51 am)Wright Wrote: Also, Gandhian Hinduism and Krishna Hinduism are not very different. So, it isn't confusing that they both regard the Bhagavad Gita as holy.
So why do you seek to distinguish between the two when there are so many other flavors present?
(May 30, 2012 at 10:51 am)Wright Wrote: Gandhi worshiped Krishna too but not as a deity.
What does that even mean - "but not as a deity"? If Hinduism had denominations, then Gandhi would be a Vaishnav Hindu given his primary devotion to the Vishnu aspect of god. And like many others, he continued to believe that all religions (not just other denominations of Hinduism, but every religions int he world), are simply worshiping different aspects of the same god. (How they reconcile the contradictory aspects of the "same" god, I have no idea).
