2009/8/21 Supriya Nair <[email protected]> > I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on > explicitly stated or were aware of its implications of Hinduism (for the > value of Hinduism assumed by the writer).
How many Hindus who follow such practices know? Are you saying it necessary to know this before being considered as belonging to a faith? If so, I would think the followers of most faiths can't be considered as such. > Surely (electronic) cremation is > gaining popularity because it's less of a bother on several levels than > burial? And vegetarianism - which is so dubiously a 'Hindu' requirement, > anyway - is being pushed by activism and/or the health foods industry? You > can't attribute these to any religious sentiments. > > Reincarnation is interesting. Perhaps someone has been giving copies of > *Karan > Arjun* away for free on iTunes or wherever Americans buy films. > > It seems like a fairly spin-heavy article, stats notwithstanding. It's > amazing what they pay magazine writers for these days. What I found most interesting is "According to a 2008 Pew Forum survey, 65 percent of us believe that "many religions can lead to eternal life"—including 37 percent of white evangelicals, the group most likely to believe that salvation is theirs alone". The rest of it can be effectively disregarded. Kiran
