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Is it right to leave a Bible at your front door?

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Yuyutsu

Really, the authors question is asked very simply, and as a consequence the answer to the question should remain simple beside it.

But of all your muddying of the waters on this simple issue, the statement you make of your personal God is the most intriguing.
My understanding of the Hindu God is its description more as an it, and not genderised as in Christian thought.

But be warned, I’ll not discuss that point here, since it will detract from the thread.
Posted by diver dan, Friday, 23 December 2022 8:05:26 AM
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Dear Dan,

There is no "Hindu God", nor my or your "personal God". We all live in the same and only immutable, undivided, beginningless, eternal, who is beyond the capacity of any mind to understand, thus call Him/Her/It by any name that fills your heart with devotion - Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Friday, 23 December 2022 8:21:16 AM
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Yuyutsu

And dittto to that.
Posted by diver dan, Friday, 23 December 2022 9:26:34 AM
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There are hundreds of Hindu gods, male and female,recently the Indian Railway’s freight line project was held up because the surveyors didn’t see a small temple that was dedicated to some obscure Hindu god.
Here’s just the most prominent ones,
Brahma: the god responsible for the creation of the world and all living things.
Vishnu: the god that preserves and protects the universe.
Shiva: the god that destroys the universe in order to recreate it.
Devi: the goddess that fights to restore dharma.
Krishna: the god of compassion, tenderness and love.

And Kali the consort of Vishnu.
Posted by Is Mise, Friday, 23 December 2022 9:43:43 AM
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"There are hundreds of Hindu gods, male and female"

gods, not God, not just hundreds but hundreds of thousands. gods (better translated to English as "angels") are just instrumental focal points through which people can be helped to better focus their attention on God. Jews, because they have their own tailored spiritual practices, were forbidden by Moses' second commandment to use such focal points, Hindus are not.

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Devi are different aspects (i.e. perspectives, ways to see) of God, the only and same. Krishna was, like Jesus, a human incarnation of God who lived on earth some 5200 years ago, now confirmed by new archaeological evidence. The consort of Vishnu is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and fortune whereas Kali is an aspect of Parvati, the consort of Shiva.

Hindus do not leave holy scripture on the ground near people's doorsteps. Hindus rejoice when seeing others able to focus on God through Jesus and the Bible.
Posted by Yuyutsu, Friday, 23 December 2022 10:58:05 AM
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Yuyutsu,
You said that there was no Hindu God but now you seem to have found one.
Religions are either monotheistic or polytheistic (with rare exceptions).
Hinduism is polytheistic..
Posted by Is Mise, Friday, 23 December 2022 2:16:10 PM
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