islamic similarities in christianity

[PreethamJD]

For all practical purposes, really the only thing that without a doubt unites a majority of Hindus in India today is their hate/mistrust/dislike of Muslims (mainly Indian and Pakistani Muslims). A common enemy brings people together. Similar to the way viewing the British as a common enemy brought the Hindus and the Muslims together in their fight for independence. Also, most Hindus are pretty ignorant about how BROAD their "religion" is. It's also mis-used for political leverage these days similar to how other fundamentalist religious people in other countries do so.

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I amaze myself. I should've been a lawyer.

Except that a lawyer would understand the difference between a worldview and a religion, and would have started the argument there

Care to explain?

EDIT: I think I read your post wrong the first time. If you're referring to Hinduism as a worldview, I would have to disagree. You could probably say that the philosophy part of what constitutes Hinduism can be considered a worldview. But Hinduism is so much more. Some of what is considered sacred texts include poetry, science and mathematics. I would argue that math is considered a fact which cannot be debated as opposed to a worldview/philosophy which can be debated. Hence, the term worldview doesn't accurately describe everything that is considered to be a part of Hinduism (let alone the fact that some of the philosophy allows for everything in the universe to be considered a part of it, since some of it is so broad and all-inclusive.)

Again, I'd have to say that the term "religion" grossly under represents what is considered "Hinduism" as does the term "worldview."