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Originally posted by PaulSn I'm surprized that India which is reknown to be a country with high technological achievements (i.e smart people) and research into genetics that are very advanced, to still have such incult and ignorant people that still live in the ages where they build temples to honour this and that God.

You mean kinda like the US?

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Originally posted by Project-K You mean kinda like the US?

No we don't worship two headed babies.

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Originally posted by Nostalgic No we don't worship two headed babies.

You don't get any

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter You do realise hinduism is monotheistic right? Dude your an idiot.

You can't be serious, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna

And the list goes on.

How about you pick up a religion book or for that fact you start practicing your general knowledge. You just made a fool out of yourself.

Oh and with these gods I won't even count the various small religious sekts along the way.




The Great Gods
These deities form the essential core of Hindu belief, regardless of the many schools of belief. Even in dedicated cults (like Shakti or Naga cults), we see reference to other deities and hence I have called them the Great Gods:

* Brahma, the Creator (pictures)
* Vishnu (a.k.a. Hari, the root of all avatars), the Protector (pictures)
* Goddess Laxmi (a.k.a. Lakshmi ), Vishnu's wife and Provider (pictures)
* Shiva (a.k.a. Hara, Ishwar, Shambhu etc.), the Powerful God (pictures)
* Goddess Parvati (a.k.a. Uma, Shakti, Durga etc.), Shiva's Consort (pictures)
* Goddess Saraswati (a.k.a. Sharada), the Deity of Knowledge and Learning (pictures)



Source: http://www.kamat.com/indica/faiths/gods/list.htm

And as a sidenote you missed the entire purpose of my post. I didn't care about their Gods I made a statement concearning the people.

Last edited by PaulSn on Apr-09-2008 at 15:56

Human beings through history have formulated many different names and forms for the Divine or Eternal. Just as we have many names and forms for other things, whether it is foods, or types of art, so too, in religion a similar great diversity has been created.

The Western world has prided itself in monotheism, the idea that there is only One God as the highest truth. Western religions have said that only the names and forms which refer to this One God are valid but those which appear to worship another God, or a multiplicity of divinities, must be false. They have restricted the names and forms they use in religious worship, and insist that only one set is true and correct and others are wrong or unholy.

As a universal formulation Hinduism accepts all formulations of Truth. According to the universal view there is only One Reality, but it cannot be limit ed to a particular name or form. Though Truth is One it is also Universal, not an exclusive formulation. It is an inclusive, not an exclusive Oneness - a spiritual reality of Being - Consciousness - Bliss, which could be called God but which transcends all names. The different Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism represent various functions of this One Supreme Divinity, and are not separate Gods.

Having many names for something is not necessarily a sign of ignorance of its real nature. On the contrary, it may indicate an intimate knowledge of it. For example, Eskimos have forty-eight different names for snow in their language because they know snow intimately in its different variations, not because they are ignorant of the fact that all snow is only one. The many different deities of Hinduism reflect such an intimate realization of the Divine on various levels.

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Originally posted by PaulSn You can't be serious, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna And the list goes on. How about you pick up a religion book or for that fact you start practicing your general knowledge. You just made a fool out of yourself. Oh and with these gods I won't even count the various small religious sekts along the way. The Great Gods These deities form the essential core of Hindu belief, regardless of the many schools of belief. Even in dedicated cults (like Shakti or Naga cults), we see reference to other deities and hence I have called them the Great Gods: * Brahma, the Creator (pictures) * Vishnu (a.k.a. Hari, the root of all avatars), the Protector (pictures) * Goddess Laxmi (a.k.a. Lakshmi ), Vishnu's wife and Provider (pictures) * Shiva (a.k.a. Hara, Ishwar, Shambhu etc.), the Powerful God (pictures) * Goddess Parvati (a.k.a. Uma, Shakti, Durga etc.), Shiva's Consort (pictures) * Goddess Saraswati (a.k.a. Sharada), the Deity of Knowledge and Learning (pictures) Source: http://www.kamat.com/indica/faiths/gods/list.htm

I've studied Hinduism, it is a henotheistic religion: meaning that it recognizes one god (this is an over simplification... Brahman is the principle of unity - all things are one) which takes a multitude of forms. Brahman is the one god and is represented in three forms : Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the protector), and Shiva (the destroyer). All the other "gods" of the hindu faith (or faiths to be more accurate as hinduism is really a family of religions) are more correctly described as facets or manifestations of one of the three persons of Brahman. This can be confusing for many; however, it is similar to the Christian holy trinity (father, son, and holy spirit): three entities of a single god-head. While Brahman is revealed in many ways it is only one god. If you have even a basic understanding of Hinduism you would know that the idea of there being a multitude of individual gods is diametrically opposed to the very core belief of Hinduism, which is that all things are unified.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard I've studied Hinduism, it is a henotheistic religion: meaning that it recognizes one god (this is an over simplification... Brahman is the principle of unity - all things are one) which takes a multitude of forms. Brahman is the one god and is represented in three forms : Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the protector), and Shiva (the destroyer). All the other "gods" of the hindu faith (or faiths to be more accurate as hinduism is really a family of religions) are more correctly described as facets or manifestations of one of the three persons of Brahman. This can be confusing for many; however, it is similar to the Christian holy trinity (father, son, and holy spirit): three entities of a single god-head. While Brahman is revealed in many ways it is only one god. If you have even a basic understanding of Hinduism you would know that the idea of there being a multitude of individual gods is diametrically opposed to the very core belief of Hinduism, which is that all things are unified.

Not to argue against your knowledge of anything, but when I studied Hinduism there were aproximately three Gods which were related by blood. I knew that Brahma was the main one and the other ones were sub-Gods so to speak however this goes a bit deeper. Still this doesn't change the fact, even if there are several interpretations, on a blank sheet of knowledge there would be several Gods.

And I repeat my post was about the people not the Gods.

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Originally posted by PaulSn Not to argue against your knowledge of anything, but when I studied Hinduism there were aproximately three Gods which were related by blood. I knew that Brahma was the main one and the other ones were sub-Gods so to speak however this goes a bit deeper. Still this doesn't change the fact, even if there are several interpretations, on a blank sheet of knowledge there would be several Gods. And I repeat my post was about the people not the Gods.

We have 300 million Gods if you look at it that way, but Moral Hazard is right, we ultimately believe in unification.

To repeat from my previous post,

Having many names for something is not necessarily a sign of ignorance of its real nature. On the contrary, it may indicate an intimate knowledge of it. For example, Eskimos have forty-eight different names for snow in their language because they know snow intimately in its different variations, not because they are ignorant of the fact that all snow is only one. The many different deities of Hinduism reflect such an intimate realization of the Divine on various levels.

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I dont have a god

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Originally posted by nchs09 I dont have a god

gtfo noob

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Originally posted by nchs09 When she turns 18.. she will be able to suck 2 dicks at the same time 0_o

There's an age limit on sex where you come from?

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Originally posted by nchs09 I dont have a god

I have one.