01-01-2010, 03:09 PM
(01-01-2010, 02:50 PM)alaric Wrote: I don't know if that is necessarily true, from what I understand, Hinduism is not just a religious faith, it is very much tied into the culture, heritage, language, and even the race on the subcontinent.Hinduism can be very much nationalistic with religion tied into race and the land within from which it originated. It some aspects, it can be very similar to Judaism or even Zionism.
To many Hindu's, converting can be a betrayal to everything from which they originated from.
That is true. Hindus can also be extremely...fickle.
"Hindu" actually was just a term for what we now call Indian, Pakistani, Nepali and others from the subcontinent. As a religious term, it just refers to religions which have a few ancient texts as their scriptures to a degree (not all are accepted by all Hindus).
The Hindu attacks are very horrific against Christians when they happen in India. Often, the tension is between Muslims and Hindus (being more common) so that makes the news more.