No offense intended to any faith. This is only academic.
The major religions/faiths can be grouped as: Abrahamic (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) and Dharmic (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism).
Christianity/Islam doesn’t recognize idol worship. Dharmic faiths do not make it mandatory, neither prohibit it. They constitute wisdom gained by saints over centuries. There’s no single representative of God as in Abrahamic faiths.
Europeans (mainly Christians) uphold the fact that idolating is sin. Most Europeans are descendants of the Romans who were essentially idolators (Temples/Statues/Images have been found). Does it mean that the Europeans’ ancestors were sinners?
When Muhammad was depicted in cartoon, there were protests; but none of these people protested when the Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed by the Taliban!
Are Abrahamic faiths actually political movements created by one human being who somehow managed to convince his followers that he was the “Chosen One” – chosen by God?
2007-06-15
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