Talk:Hinduism

Dawkins quote
We can do better than a fucking Dawkins quote, this one from Sagan is a good one:

A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.

This isn't 2011, we can do better than this. — Oxyaena Harass  17:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You can go ahead and replace it. I just chose the Dawkins quote because it introduces the poly/mono/pan-theistic question. Also, forgive my ignorance, but why are you so vehemently against Dawkins? 19:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Dawkins is a bigoted piece of shit. — Oxyaena Harass  20:59, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * of course if you are a hindu &mdash; Unsigned, by: 59.97.118.102 / talk
 * they are referring to the fact that Dawkins was Islamophobic... 15:08, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Removing “There are atheistic and theistic schools of thought within Hinduism.”
[Rig Veda 2.13.5] “Thou hast created earth to look upon the sky: thou, slaying Ahi, settest free the river's paths... Thee, such, a God, the Gods have quickened with their lauds, even as a steed with waters: meet for praise art thou.” (According to this verse, Indra created the earth)

The same scripture (Rig Veda), but some books later, we have the creation of the heaven and the earth being attributed to Vishwakarma, the divine architect. [Rig Veda 10.82.1] “THE Father of the eye, the Wise in spirit, created both these worlds submerged in fatness... Then when the eastern ends were firmly fastened, the heavens and the earth were far extended.”

10.129.7 doesn’t prove that Rig Veda was indeed agnostic. The fact that Hinduism contains atheistic schools of thought has been mentioned before in the article, and doesn’t need a reference to a scripture. 08:32, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Manusmriti authenticity
Lots of academic sources have said the manusmriti is not authentic and contradicts itself, should this be included because currently it calls it the "Most authoritiatve source of hindu law"
 * Many scriptures contain contradictions. We have articles of how the Bible and the Quran contradict themselves. I assure you, that the Manusmriti is certainly authoritative, being the most important part of the Dharmshashtras. The problematic line is likely copied from an Encyclopedia Britannica article, as shown by a Google search. 15:13, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Changing the quote
We can do with a much better quote "In Hinduism, conscience, reason, and independent thinking have no scope for development." -Dr.B.R.Ambedkar &mdash; Unsigned, by: 59.97.118.102 / talk
 * That quote is not very... insightful, really. The only reason I see why one would add it is because it criticises Hinduism. Perhaps if it would give a valid explanation as to why, it would be much better. It feels that this quote is referring to the fact that most Hindus still couldn't see through caste at that time, and the origin of caste in Hindusim is much debated. 15:18, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

The Satanic Verses Part 2
Anyone got info on The Satanic Verses of Bhagavad-gita?--2600:387:F:4B31:0:0:0:5 (talk) 11:29, 3 March 2022 (UTC)