2007-12-26 08:41:43 · 11 answers · asked by . 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks Rose. Nice name lol.
2007-12-26 08:44:55 · update #1
gary 7 infiltrator - AM: Atheism is perfectly acceptable in Hinduism actually. May be someone could clarify.
2007-12-26 08:46:22 · update #2
Oh Gooogled, you really must do some research because it is absolutely acceptable, and it is what makes Hinduism so great and tolerant! :)
2007-12-26 09:18:23 · update #3
Buddha's Brother: Perfect :)
2007-12-26 09:25:29 · update #4
As long as Hinduism has existed....Hinduism can be considered an atheist religion...The most important doctrine of Hinduism is the vedas....In the vedas, it is clearly taught that one does not achieve moksha (the buddhist equivalent of nirvana) by worshipping deities but by freeing himself/herself from the cycle of reincarnation....This journey is an individual journey that the soul must take by themself.....Hinduism in terms of its content is a truly massive religion...It is probably bigger than Islam, christianity and judaism put together...There are over 50 bibles, many different ways to worship and many different ways to be a hindu....From the start there have been many hindus that have not worshipped the vedic deities....Such as when you go to an ashram, seldom will you find idols there (they will only be found in temples)...The misconception that many people have is that they assume God/Goddess worship is a requisite to the Hindu faith...In the Gita Krishna himself said that many deities can also become slave of the human emotions and can get caught in "maya" (illusion).
There are several schools within Hinduism that are no different from atheistic philosophy.....Many people proudly claim to be Hindu atheists....atheism is an ideology that is perfectly commensurate and compatible with Hinduism....
So in answer to your Q, it really does depend on how old the Vedas is....According to Hinduism, the vedas is as old as creation....there have been a number of estimates (all scientifically argued)...that range from 1400BC to 80 000BC. The methods that are used to ascertain the age of the vedas include carbon dating and astronomy...Carbon dating is a method used by geologists to ascertain the age of rocks. As for astronomy, the vedas make specific references to certain constellations that did in fact, according to astronomers, exist at a time way back in the depths of time....
2007-12-26 09:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that atheism is acceptable in Hinduism, but maybe I'm misunderstanding your question. Hinduism involves the worship of and belief in many gods - that is definitely not atheism!
Are you asking whether Hindus are tolerant of atheists? I'm not sure what your question really is here. Can you please elaborate?
EDIT:
Aha! Thanks for telling me. You learn something new every day! Hinduism is something I would really like to learn more about. Do you have any recommendations on where to start? You can email me through my profile.
2007-12-26 08:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As long as it seeks truth and is perfectly scinetific .Scientific are the things that are perfectly in tuen with the natuqal order and principles in operatuion in the world as crewated bygod .Atheists are the favourite wise children of God !.Respect them.
Pseudo religionists are the abusers of God .Avoid them.
2007-12-26 13:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by Infinity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
purely once you come back up with a christian Santa Claus.i'm nevertheless waiting to get to nicely known the christian Santa Claus.I ought to additionally element out to the christians your imaginary Santa Claus has no longer something to do with Christmas.think of approximately it and you may arise with a greater advantageous rationalization for celebrating Christmas.Your tunes approximately Santa Claus are for my section lies.it extremely is okay although for the reason that we purely tell the lies to infants.
2016-10-19 23:58:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since Advaita Vedanta was clearly delineated.
2007-12-26 08:44:37 · answer #5 · answered by neil s 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that there are quite a few non-deity Hindu branches out there.
So to answer your question.....a long time.
2007-12-26 08:44:50 · answer #6 · answered by Tony AM 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hinduist would say everything including the atheists are in the navel of Vishnu.
2007-12-26 08:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by Traveler 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
IT IS NOT!
Absolutely not and will never be, at least not in the next million years.
2007-12-26 09:13:02 · answer #8 · answered by Gooogled 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nice avatar.
2007-12-26 08:44:15 · answer #9 · answered by Maple Sugar 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If it's not,
it ought to be.
2007-12-26 08:50:32 · answer #10 · answered by Uncle New Camera 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋