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Do you believe your religion has proof(s) outside of the good old "the proof is in the pudding" approach?

 

[firedragon]

Actually I am a girl

Lol. I am so sorry sister. This is something that happens to me all the time. If you see my face now you will know how embarrassed I am.

 

[firedragon]

Do you believe your religion has proof(s) outside of the good old "the proof is in the pudding" approach?

Absobloodylutely.

 

[firedragon]

Do you believe your religion has proof(s) outside of the good old "the proof is in the pudding" approach?

Are you asking from the poster? From the OP?

Brother. Thats not fair bro.

 

[Vinayaka]

Lol. I am so sorry sister. This is something that happens to me all the time. If you see my face now you will know how embarrassed I am.

Most people put it on their profiles. I check there often, when conversing with folks.

 

[Link]

Are you asking from the poster? From the OP?

Brother. Thats not fair bro.

I am wondering if they do believe that or not. I'm interested to see if it's scripture as proof or philosophy of it or something else or they believe it has no proof and up to people to just taste it and know it's truth.

 

[firedragon]

I am wondering if they do believe that or not. I'm interested to see if it's scripture as proof or philosophy of it or something else or they believe it has no proof and up to people to just taste it and know it's truth.

Okay okay. I didnt mean to intrude.

 

[firedragon]

Most people put it on their profiles. I check there often, when conversing with folks.

When I check, I never find it. So habitually I forget to check it, and every now and then I taste my foot in my mouth.

 

[Vinayaka]

When I check, I never find it. So habitually I forget to check it, and every now and then I taste my foot in my mouth.

Most people probably have done this. It's also wise to not care about gender, or use neutral pronouns, like 'you'.

 

[Vinayaka]

Do you believe your religion has proof(s) outside of the good old "the proof is in the pudding" approach?

Not the OP, but I'll answer if from my personal and Hindu POV, which is in the same school of Hinduism as OP, monistic Shaiva Siddhantha.

'Proof' is not part of the way I think, and I suspect that goes for many Hindus. So the question doesn't really make any sense to me. I know I can't prove my faith, and I don't believe others can prove theirs either. Of course they claim they can, but I don't take that seriously.

There is just so much about religion beyond proving yours is right. I'm far too busy practicing than to even go there. It works for me, and that's all I need. So too for others. If it works for you, that's great.

 

[Link]

Not the OP, but I'll answer if from my personal and Hindu POV, which is in the same school of Hinduism as OP, monistic Shaiva Siddhantha.

'Proof' is not part of the way I think, and I suspect that goes for many Hindus. So the question doesn't really make any sense to me. I know I can't prove my faith, and I don't believe others can prove theirs either. Of course they claim they can, but I don't take that seriously.

There is just so much about religion beyond proving yours is right. I'm far too busy practicing that to even go there. It works for me, and that's all I need. So too for others. If it works for you, that's great.

I'm talking about proving to yourself.

 

[Vinayaka]

I'm talking about proving to yourself.

Same thinking applies as above. It works for me. No need to prove it to anyone, including myself. It's not of the intellectual mind, but of the intuitive mind. The intuitive mind doesn't need proof. Only the intellectual mind needs proof.

This is a major difference between east and west.

 

[Link]

Same thinking applies as above. It works for me. No need to prove it to anyone, including myself. It's not of the intellectual mind, but of the intuitive mind. The intuitive mind doesn't need proof. Only the intellectual mind needs proof.

This is a major difference between east and west.

Thanks for answering.

 

[Viker]

What do you think of Vamachara, the Left Hand Path in Hindu traditions?

 

[Aupmanyav]

So I guess then 5 has an association of another kind, perhaps with darkness or some other unit of time.

What about other time divisions? Are there months? Years? Seconds, minutes, seasons? Thanks if you know, and I'm only asking idly so don't stress yourself if you don't know. We're just having fun I hope.

You are right. Five has another significance. In older times Indo-Europeans new of only five seasons and not six as now in India. RigVeda is the sole authoritative surviving lore of Indo-Europeans and it says many things. It Said:

2. Seven to the one-wheeled chariot yoke the Courser; bearing seven names the single Courser draws it.
Three-naved the wheel is, sound and undecaying, whereon are resting all these worlds of being.

12. They call him in the farther half of heaven the Sire five-footed, of twelve forms, wealthy in watery store.
These others say that he, God with far-seeing eyes, is mounted on the lower seven-wheeled, six-spoked car*.
Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN CLXIV. Viśvedevas. (Translation by Ralph Griffith)

By the time this verse was written, they had six seasons*, but they remembered that there were only five in the olden days. So some call it five footed, others call it six spoked.
* which may mean something like 1,800 BCE, because that is the time when Indo-Iranians Aryans moved from Central Asia to India.

I know all these things clearly. Don't club all your questions together because each one may be a long story like I have given above. You can certainly ask and I would be happy to give you the details.

 

[Ashoka]

What do you think of Vamachara, the Left Hand Path in Hindu traditions?

I admit I do have a lot of interest in them, but sadly I don't have a tantrik guru that can guide me on the path, so I tend to avoid out of respect.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Do you believe your religion has proof(s) outside of the good old "the proof is in the pudding" approach?

If you talk of polytheist Hindus. They have the same view as theists of other religions except that they they do not insist on one God. There are various Gods and Goddesses, doing various things. But if Hindus talk of one God then they also talk of all things (humans, animals, vegetation and non-living things) to be indivisible part of that only. People like me accept that we are part of one but do not make it into a God. Yeah, my views are 100% compatible to the latest in science. Pudding is what we make of it.

I'm interested to see if it's scripture as proof or philosophy of it or something else or they believe it has no proof and up to people to just taste it and know it's truth.

Hindus are not limited or bound to their scriptures. They are allowed to go beyond them. They can have different views. Hinduism is a dynamic religion.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Most people probably have done this. It's also wise to not care about gender, or use neutral pronouns, like 'you'.

I never check the gender of the person I am interacting with. By my principle, I do not favor that. If I am wrong, I can always ask to be excused.

 

[Aupmanyav]

What do you think of Vamachara, the Left Hand Path in Hindu traditions?

Perfectly valid in spite of what gurus and (western) people make of it. It is not a license to depravity.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Oh you are advaita vedanta. Great. The question I asked was in relation to creation. The creator, if part of creation itself, created himself?

What is impossible for a God like Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva or Mother Goddess Durga? The universe emanated from them. What thing in the universe will not be constituted of them. When they want, they can fold it up.