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Hindus-including so called Hindu fundamentalists insist that there is only one true faith
called Hinduism and that all other faith are false. Hinduism contains too much plurality
to allow for that. Its tendency is not to coalesce into a fanatic into a fanatic unit like
the fundamentalists of other religions, but to disperse into various diverse sets and fail
to arrive at any common action, historically even one of self-defense against foreign
invaders. Fundamentalist groups insist upon belief
in the literal truth of one book as the Word of God, which they base their behavior on.
Muslim fundamentalists insist that the Koran is the Word of God and that all necessary
knowledge is contained in it. Christian fundamentalists say the same thing of the Bible.
Again even orthodox or ordinary Muslims and Christians often believe this.
Hindus have many holy books like the Vedas, Agamas,
Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and so on, which contain a great variety of teaching and many
different points of view and no one of these books is required reading for all Hindus.
Hindus generally respect the holy books of other religions as well. What single holy book
do Hindu fundamentalists hold literally to be the word of God, which they base their
behavior upon? Christian and Islamic fundamentalists flaunt their holy book and are ever
quoting from it to justify their actions. |
