Hinduism
Hinduism (traditionally: Sanatana Dharma) is the oldest known religion, has no known founder, encompasses a variety of beliefs and deities, and shares a number of doctrines with similar and derivative religions like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. The third largest religion in the world, it has approximately 900 million adherents (890 million in India) and may have the most diverse set of beliefs of any religion.
Counter Apolegetics[edit]
Caste System[edit]
The caste system is a rigid, system that divides people and ranks people as being "lower" or "higher" that each other. Members of the "lowest class" or the "untouchables" are heavily discriminated against and treated as "inferior"[1] It has been condemned by many Indian social reformers such as Jyotirao Phule, Vivekananda, and Mahatma Gandhi. Some have reffered to it as like the Aparthied.[2]
Charvaka School[edit]
The Charvaka School, a materialist and atheistic school of thought criticizes many elements in Hinduism. They believed that there was no heaven or hell or supernatural phenomina. They also taught that gods were made up.[3][4]It was taught by Indian philosophers such as Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa.[5]
- The UK Hindus divided over caste BBC, 18th Jan 2017
Suffering is due to karma[edit]
Karma is the teaching that the actions of a person affects the future of that person.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/6/indias-untouchables-face-violence-discrimination/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070111213049/http://www.unesco.org/courier/2001_09/uk/doss22.htm
- ↑ https://iep.utm.edu/indmat/
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/a-history-of-indian-philosophy-volume-3/d/doc7637.html
- ↑ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/jayaraasi/
