Re: [mukto-mona] Religious Conversion

Dr. Das,

 

You are probably pointing at the written texts of Hinduism; I am pointing at the ritualistic worshiping practices of human-beings. As you know - Arabian people were deity worshipers before Islam was born. I am referring to those Pagan religious activities that Hindus still continue today.
Indus Valley civilization was between 3000 - 1500 B.C., and Vedic Era was between 1200 - 900 B.C.  The classic period of Mayan Society in South America was during 300 – 900 AD, so you can see how old is these practices are.

 

The theme of this blog was to point out the ancillary aftershock of religious conversion, and I did not want to distract readers from the theme with nutty-gritty historical facts; I just mentioned some simple facts to get my points across. I learned this trick from one of my mentors; he said – first try to describe your ideas in simple language, if possible, instead of relying onto complex mathematical expressions. I follow that advice in whatever I write.

 

Also, I am not historian; it's your field of expertise. I am not necessarily challenging your argument that some written texts of Hinduism may have come after the birth of Islam; but, basic religious practices are much older than that.

Thanks.

Jiten Roy

On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:43 PM, Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com> wrote:

 

"Historically, Hinduism is one of the oldest religions on earth, and Islam is the newest."- This, among many others in your article, is an oversimplification of fact. Like Abrahamic religions, 'Hinduism' has not been delivered by a messiah/prophet.  Much of it has been invented by men long after its followers think.  Vyas Dev, credited with writing most of the Purana and editing Veda into four volumes,was really Badrayana, a philosopher of 9th century A.D.  That makes 'Hinduism' younger than Islam, doesn't it?

Another major question to your article, was the single land mass of the entire earth, Pangeas, populated with homo sapiens?

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Please have a look at the blog, entitled : Religious Conversion, by clicking on the following link:

http://mukto-mona.com/wordpress/?p=2536

Thank you.

Jiten Roy

__._,_.___

****************************************************
Mukto Mona plans for a Grand Darwin Day Celebration: 
Call For Articles:

http://mukto-mona.com/wordpress/?p=68

http://mukto-mona.com/banga_blog/?p=585

****************************************************

VISIT MUKTO-MONA WEB-SITE : http://www.mukto-mona.com/

****************************************************

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
               -Beatrice Hall [pseudonym: S.G. Tallentyre], 190

Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___