You dont see any Hindu groups or Buddhist groups like the KKK's or the Crusaders of the christians now do you?

Question

Why is that?

Will, those were isolated incidents

Answer 1

First I would like to clarify on Thugs of India.

First a crminal gang is not representative of any culture or religion. By the logic of people refering to it, Christianity should be judged on the basis of narchotic gangs run by Christians.

All of the the thugs were not Hindus. Actually both leaders of thugs were Muslim. Membership included both Hindus and Muslims.

Yes they did murdered the people and declared them as Sacrifice to Kali. But they were not always Hindus.

Sometimes in Kali temples animal sacrifices were made.
Thugs just chose to pick the symbolism.

Most of them were from Bengal and Kali Puja is most common there.Thugs called themselves Kali worshippers in a symbolic way. Just because custom of sacrifice was followed in some Kali temples.

Shumshera, Bakhtawut, Bholai Chung, Shumshere Khan,Golab Khan, Medar Buksh, Khoda Buksh .....
--These are some of the names of Thugs Colonal Sleaman interogated. None of them were Hindu.

Christianity was not that spread in India otherwise some Christian thugs very well might had been in that group.


Back to your question-

The Rig Veda, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita hold that all paths lead to the summit.

"As men approach me so do I accept them. Men on all sides follow my path."

God is leading all people of the world on to the fullness of life by diverse paths. The Hindu seer has no contempt for other religions. He does not believe that salvation is to be had only through any one particular religion. God does not refuse his truth, his love and his grace to any who, in sincerity, seek him, wherever they may be and whatever creeds they may profess.

Its concern is with the absolute Truth, not with systems of belief. The absolute Truth is universal, and forever impersonal. No one has a proprietary claim to it.

Hindus represent an ancient civilization , not known either to draw a boundary between the faithful and the faithless, the blessed and the damned, or to engage in heresy hunting and its counterpart, persecution of other faiths.

"The Bhagavad Gita, with a clear grasp of the historical, warns us against taking away the psychological comfort of people by unsettling their faith."

According to the Bhagavad Gita, even those who worship other gods (anyadevatah), ancestral deities, elemental powers, if they do so with faith, then their faith is justified, for the Divine accepts every form conceived by the worshipper.

Toleration is the homage, which the finite mind pays to the inexhaustibility of the Infinite.

(source: Eastern Religions & Western Thought - By Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Answer 2

Actually, I don't seen any Crusaders now, and the KKK is only in very small, weird, secluded sects. There is no mainline church in America that endorses the KKK.

On the other hand, you are totally wrong about the Hindus, which unfortunately shows that your question was only written with an anti-Christian bigotry, not any rational analysis. Just look at the Indians Army lined up on the Pakistani border, or look at the Thugee groups, and you will see a very violent side of Hinduism.

And oh by the way you forgot to mention the Inquisition, another shameful part of Christian history that is repudiated by all reasonable modern Christians.

It is an extremely poor argument when you damn an entire group based on the actions not of the mainstream, but of the extremist sects or worst actions in all of history of that group.

Answer 3

Historically, Hindus and Buddhists are generally peaceful and non-judgmental.

Christianity on the other hand has a blood soaked history driven by fear, power lust, and bigotry.

Of course there will always be exceptions on both sides, but I think if you tallied up the score, Christianity would prove to be a far more violent and less tolerant religion than the Hindu or Buddhist faiths.

I have a hard time believing Jesus Christ would approve of what Christianity has done in his name.

Answer 4

Buddha taught non-violence and acceptance as well as non-attachment. If you aren't attached you don't get so mad at every darn thing! There is a story of Buddha be-friending the village murderer. The murderer eventually gained enlightenment. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetian Buddhism and he is currently living in India in exile. The Chinese have taken over Tibet and do unspeakable things to buddhist monks and nuns. Still, His Holiness stresses the importance of non-violence. It's a karma thing that some Christians just don't seem to get.

Answer 5

it really isn't any longer purely the epitome of intellectually laziness, yet intellectually dishonest besides. the very incontrovertible actuality that you do not imagine they're diverse, or do not imagine they must be considered as diverse, does no longer substitute the very incontrovertible actuality that atheists ARE diverse from theists in a lot of strategies. they're diverse from Buddhists. Christians are diverse from Muslims. in the experience that they weren't, they does no longer be killing one yet another daily. those who imagine rationally do not see issues the way they pick to work out them, they see issues the way they particularly are. a range of of creatures have 2 eyes, a nostril and a mouth, yet there are nevertheless appropriate dissimilarities between them.

Answer 6

Sure you do.

Mahatma Gandhi (remember him) was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic who felt Gandhi was making too many concesstions to Muslims.

Hindu fanatics tore down a Mosque in India reputed to have been built on Rama's birthplace.

Every year Hindu fanatics go ballistics about the evils of celebrating Valentine's Day.

Answer 7

each religion has nutzos that go bonkers when they percieve a slight against their God. We are so immersed in Christianity that we forget there is a whole world of crazy out there.

The trick isn't to find the "right" "true" religion...
it's to find the right one for you.

just respect that others have done the same , with different results,

and maybe,

juuuuust maybe

you won't kill each other over it.

Answer 8

I am sure u r not an Indian, neither u have visited India, nor read/heard news about happenings in the world. It's all on.

Answer 9

of course not the Buddhists follow Taoist philosophy which teaches acceptance and enlightenment, two ideas lost on most of the world. . .

Answer 10

Because both Hinduism and Buddhism is centered around peace.
I won't say what Christianity is centered around, I'll let you figure it out yourself.