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1. How Christianity created the lethal blend of Prophetic Monotheism

Hindu View of Christianity and Islam – Part 2

Shri Ram Swarup explains how the lethal blend of Prophetic Monotheism was created by Christianity. Judaism wasn't particular on conversion. Christianity added it.

 2. Jesus started his career by trying to become a Jewish prophet. The initial times are marked by his words which seek audience only in Jews. It was only when Jews considered him dangerous enough to bring Roman ire on Israel that he turned his attention to Gentiles.
3. Gentiles were the pagans of Israel/ Palestine of those times. And this change of audience in attention from Jews (monotheistic people) to Gentiles (pagan people) has its marks on the character of Christianity, mainly in the things that it borrowed from both cultures.
4. From Messiah to Savior

"Jesus himself was converted from a Messiah into a Saviour, into God's First Begotten Son, the Intermediary between God and man. This indeed was a great leap and a great promotion from the humble figure of a Jewish Messiah."
5. Jesus's story is sold as a unique happening in the history of mankind. But that’s false. When Christianity was born there were too many saviors around. Mithras, a Persian god, famous in Roman Empire had a story too similar to Jesus. (All quotes are Shri Ram Swarup’s words)
6. "Mithras was born on or very near the 25th of December, of a Virgin Mother and in a cave; after he was buried he rose from the tomb; he had twelve disciples and the members of his order were admitted with the ceremony of baptism; he was also called a Saviour."
7. There was another Babylonian Sun-god, Baal had rituals associated with him which enacted a passion play resembling to actual life of Jesus. All these gods predated Jesus. So it seems, the entire biography of Jesus was a cultural ensemble played by the Church.
8. Many scholars have thus claimed that Jesus never existed and even if he did, he was born and died like a Jewish prophet, killed by Romans for revolting against their authority. All the ‘savior’ claims, virgin birth, resurrection etc. are copied from other gods of Western Asia.
9. One might wonder how is Christianity to blame if it stole many of its rituals from pagan sects. The answer lies in the particular cocktail that Christianity created from its borrowings. The lethality of the combination comes from Christianity’s Jewish roots.
10. For all the virgin births, resurrections and cult behaviors, none of the pagan sects ‘hated other gods’, sects and religions. It is this ‘hatred of other gods’ is what distinguishes the monotheistic religions from everyone else. Shri Ram Swarup calls it – Misotheosy.
11. Misotheosy – literally meaning – the hatred of gods – is what made Christianity what it is. For it meant that it was not just proud of its own beliefs; it hated the gods and beliefs of others’ so much it wanted to end them as ‘false beliefs’ and ‘devil worship’.
12. "Christianity borrowed from Judaism its scripture, its prophets, its belief in a special people and a special covenant, and above all its jealous God, its hatred for 'other' Gods, and consequently its proverbial hatred of mankind - misotheosy is the parent of misanthropy."
13. The cocktail was brewing:

a) Hatred of other gods – Misotheosy
b) Denial of other gods’ existence – Monotheism
c) Concept of mediator to God – Prophetism
d) God’s chosen people – Unique Destiny
e) Man is born sinner – Original Sin
f) Jesus as God’s son – Only Begotten Son
14. Thus all the features which make Christianity dangerous, violent and intolerant come from the mother of prophetic monotheism – Judaism. Christianity added many things of its own, like the idea of Jesus as God’s Only Begotten Son. And the idea of conversion.
15. All its cultural accoutrements come from pagan sources, which are of course distorted to fit the monotheistic bill. It is also telling because most monotheisms are pure ideas without cultural embellishments, which they always have to steal from other cultures.
16. There was another lethal Judaic idea that Christianity borrowed – Atonement. In pagan sects, one can attain powers by sacrificing animals in a proper ritual. In Jewish religion this was distorted where one had to sacrifice one’s own first born like Abraham & Isaac.
17. It is said that God in his mercy accepts substitutes. But Christianity came up with a brilliant idea in case of substitute. They said that since man’s sin is eternal, the atonement has also to be eternal. And who better to do it than God’s Only Begotten Son – Jesus?
18. "The cross is central to Christianity. All before leads up to it and all after looks back to it. After making sin into a formidable dogma, its remission is made simple enough - just baptism in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.”
19. “Sin is no more a problem for the followers of Jesus.” This was a fundamental break from the past. Previously some form of the idea of karma always existed. You had to reap the results of your actions. Now it was not so.
20. One could commit as many sins as one wanted. He just had to ‘believe’ in Christ by converting to Christianity. And Jesus would have already washed his sins retroactively in the past for any sin that he commits in future! Never before had such an idea struck anyone!
21. Before Christianity people were judged on the base of their actions. With this Atonement thing, it all changed. Now people were judged on the basis of their belief, since action meant nothing if there was no ‘correct belief’. Coming threads will delve more into this.
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1. Understanding the Muslim Mind

Hindu View of Christianity and Islam – Part 3

It is necessary to understand the Muslim psyche in order to understand the problems of co-existence that all non-Muslim societies encounter with them. The Quran and the Hadith are the sources.


2. Shri Ram Swarup did a deep study for years on these sources and came out with a book called ‘Understanding Islam through Hadis’. Islam is basically a system of law, overarching law which covers all aspects of life. To understand Muslim psyche these laws have to be studied.


3. “Islam is not merely a theology, or a statement about Allah and his relationship with His creatures. Besides containing doctrinal and creedal material, it deals with social, penal, commercial, ritualistic, and ceremonial matters.” It leaves nothing to individual discretion.

4. “It enters into everything, even into such private areas as one’s dress, marrying, and mating. In the language of the Muslim theologians, Islam is a complete and completed religion.” Every human action is pre-decided by Islam. Nothing is left to imagination.

5. “It is equally political and military. It has much to do with statecraft, and it has a very specific view of the world peopled by infidels. Since most of the world is still infidel, it is very important for those who are not Muslims to understand Islam.”
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1. Is ‘Dharma’ not ‘Religion’?

If not, then what is it? Is it free for all?

It is true that ‘dharma’ isn't ‘religion’. It is a non-translatable & can't be translated as ‘religion’ in English. That much is true. But it is not free for all at all. Here is how.


2. To discuss religion first, religion is what we know as Prophetic Monotheism with features like: One True God, Last Prophet, Divided Time, Divided Humanity, Historic Origin and Last Judgment.

3. All that matters in a religion is Belief. Actions are null and void against belief. If you have right belief, you go to heaven. If you have wrong belief, you go to hell. Actions mean nothing. This is where it differs starkly from a dharmic system.

4. Dharma dictates that one can never escape one’s karma. He can be shown the right path by a guru, he can put in course correction, but he has to undergo his prarabdha; the fruits of his own actions. So everyone is responsible for his own actions.

5. This thread is not to list out the differences between Dharma and Religion. That is job for another day; another thread. This thread is to clarify whether dharma is free for all or not? The clear answer is no. It is not free for all. Unlike some filmi celebrities today claim.
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1. Hindu Iconography and Knowledge Distribution in Ancient India

Hindu Iconography is a reservoir of powerful symbols. Symbols lead to meaning. Meaning leads to an understanding of Truth. But looking at this ancient process, we also realize a great truth about our society.


2. Just like Vaikhari in language is incapable of expressing the Ultimate Truth, Symbols in themselves are incapable of conveying the Divine Truth about the Supreme Consciousness. They are a ladder to a great meaning and realization.


3. But just as our ṛṣis created a language, Sanskrit, which could most closely approximate the Ultimate Truth and lead the devotees towards it, similarly in Hindu iconography, mudrā and poses were invented by the ṛṣis to lead the devotee towards the path of Self Realization.


4. This symbolism is first codified in the Natyashastra but then many texts expand it into the most elaborate iconography that the world has ever seen. mudrā, hasta and bhaṇga convey the meaning of the poses that the body takes.


5. The symbolism of the āyudha that the deities hold in their hands makes the symbolism richer and more complete. Their āsana and decorations make the meaning richer and more beautiful.
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1. Is Śiva really Bholenātha?

A commong sight during Sāvana ke Somvāra in north India is Hindu women offering Bilva Patra to Śiva liṇga at the nearby temple, offering jala & other offerings directly to Śiva liṇga by touching it directly or a long time.


2. There is scarcely any rule to this offering of pūjā. Women in sārī, suit and even western clothes offer everything they have brought with them directly to Śiva: milk, water, kumkum, haldī, bilva patra, sweets, fruits and much more with priest just managing the proceedings.


3. There is often a queue-less, order-less jumble of acts, sights and sounds in which women of all ages jostle with men and boys of all ages to reach the ‘pinḍī’, the Śiva liṇga and offer the pūjā.


4. Most people from the south, following tradition, where āgamas are still a working reality, at least in temples, and where many people follow caryā are offended, and not without reason.

Śiva also have rules of worship and approach, as other deities.

5. Śiva temple, like others requires certain rituals and customs which are inviolable. Śiva, like other deities, requires certain caryā from his devotees and thus cannot be just taken any way the devotees want. It is true that there is a way to approach him like any other deity.
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1. Do Islamists prize Muslim lives?

Hindu Society Under Siege – 2

Do ‘Muslim Lives Matter’ in greater scheme of Islam? Sita Ram Goel had an answer. In a country like India: ‘Islamism has evolved a strategy in which the Muslims of India are envisaged as a base and an arsenal’.


2. Individual Muslim lives are seen by their ideologues and leaders as cannon fodder for the conquest of India. Some salient features of this strategy can be outlined as follows: (all quotes are from Sita Ram Goel’s book ‘Hindu Society Under Siege’)

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3. “(a) The Muslims of India should be sealed off from every shade of rationalism, universalism, humanism and liberalism, and an army of mullahs and maulvis trained in the tenets of Islam should be let loose to brainwash and keep them along the right (Islamic) track;”

4. “(b) Every Muslim who doesn’t accept Islamism or dares criticize it or stands for the mainstream of Indian nationalism, away from & above religious differences, should be denounced as a renegade and a legitimate victim for murderous Muslim mobs” (remember the Maharashtra boy?)

5. “(c) The Muslims should be encouraged to air as many grievances as can be invented, and try to pass off as a down-trodden minority, oppressed, exploited and treated as second class citizens by the brute Hindu majority;”
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முதல்வரி: பிறவி என்பது முன்வினை விதையால் முளைப்பதோர் பெருமரம். அந்த ‘முன்வினை’ எங்கு ஆரம்பித்தது எனச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனால் ‘அறியாமை’ ஒன்றே ஆசைக்கும்,, அச்சத்துக்கும் காரணம் என்பதால், அவையே வினைகளை விளைவிப்பன என்பதால், தொடர்ந்து வரும் பிறவிகளுக்கு, ‘அறியாமையே’ காரணம்

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When Saudi Arabia's King visited India in 1955, PM Nehru ordered all the Hindu Temples and Idols of Hindu Deities that came in Saudi King's way to be covered up.
Our temples are the architectural marvels in their own league.


Each of our temples tells the story of our rich history and cultural heritage. Was Nehru that ashamed of his own nation's heritage that he had to cover them up or there was some other reason? The answer would be best known to him only.

PM Nehru invited the then Saudi King Saud bin Abdul Aziz to India who accepted the invitation and planned a 17 day long official visit to India in 1955. Saudi King had brought a large delegation with him and he had to visit various Indian cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Agra,


Aligarh, Shimla, Mysore and Varanasi. However, when Saudi King reached Varanasi, Nehru ordered to cover all the temples and Idols with curtains that came in the way of the Royal Convoy. During his stay in Varanasi, Govt buildings were painted with the words "Kalma Tayyiba".


'Kalma Tayyiba' means 'There is not God but only Allah and Mohammed is his messenger'. In addition to it, Pooja and Aartis were also stopped at temples. I can call it the appeasement politics of the highest order and Nehru was indeed the greatest appeaser of all times.
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There was an Asura, Kaumasura, who was doing penance to please Shiva and get a boon. To prevent him from asking for a boon, Devi Saraswati made him dumb (hence called Mookasur)
Later, Adi Parashakti slayed him and came to be called Mookambika.


It is said that Adi Shankaracharya had a vision in which Devi agreed to follow him provided he did not look back. He kept walking and was assured of her presence due to the sound of anklets. When he reached here in Kollur, he turned back as the sound of anklets had stopped.


So Devi stayed here and merged with the lingam. The place came to be called Mookambika Kshetram.
The linga has integrated on it’s left side MahaKali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswathi and on the right side- Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.


A swarna rekha (gold line) divides this linga into left and right portion. Adi Shakthi in this Udhbhavlinga form appears only here.
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Adi Shankar responded “नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया” – Atman cannot be attained through discourses or mere intellect.
He,then, awakened the supreme knowledge in Giri.
Giri spontaneously composed: श्री शङ्करदेशिकाष्टकम् extolling his Guru’s grace.


Adi Shankaracharya granted sanyasa to Giri and gave him the name Totakacharya.
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Timur Lang decided to invade India in 1398 as he heard about India's splendid wealth and had a desire to conquer India which his ancestor Genghis Khan couldn't do.


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