So, maybe thousands of years from now, there will be more integration of religions, and that will further blur the lines distinguishing the different religions. This really makes me wonder, through thousands of years of migration, how are there still many distinct religions in the world? I would imagine them being slowly blend into one big belief system, in fact, this is the history of many major religions in the world. Like the author suggests, вЂњHinduism is a tolerant faith, absorbing foreign religionsвЂќ. This is indeed very interesting, because it suggests that religions are affected by one another. understanding life does not lead to one global religion, but it does lead. In fact, I once read that the use of statue gods in worshipping is a custom introduced by the Greeks or Roman (cannot remember) as they invade Southeast Asia. the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or. The author also points out the cultural exchange happened at northern India, leading to parallel development of the indo-european language. This relatively small difference between human and god is very interesting to me, since I have always learned about the hirerchy of god and humanity through creationism.

They also humanize gods, and divinizes human. What I find interesting is that Hinduism recognizes sensual pleasure and wealth, which are condemned upon in other religions. And that the idea of reincarnation is a punishment also correlates with the lives of Hindu practitionerвЂ™s ancient ancestors. This could be a product of war and instability in these regions throughout history. Like the Greek and Roman, there is a god of war in Vedic culture as well.

I did not realize how religion is influence by a cultureвЂ™s historical context. The religion has a lot of historical context behind its rituals, such as wanting good harvest, livestocks and wealth coming from a culture of agricultural communities. There are certain factors uniting this religion, and it is not as vague as I thought.

She elaborated that even the constitution of India had a hard time defining what Hinduism is, and it is defined as вЂњnot Islamic, Not farsi, not ChristianвЂ¦вЂќ After reading this chapter on Hinduism, I know that my professorвЂ™s statement is only somewhat true. Before I read about it in the book, I only had a vague idea of Hinduism from one of my professor, who described Hinduims as вЂњ a religion defined as what it is notвЂќ. This is the first time I learn in depth about Hinduism, and I realized how little I knew about this ancient religion.

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