Sirona
Hindu Wannabe
The city where "my" Krishna temple is located holds a huge annual meeting of fans of the Gothic subculture. The latest Gothic festival took place two weeks ago. Last Sunday, at the Krishna temple, a seemingly fresh recruit mentioned that she missed the Gothic lifestyle which had been present in the city two weeks ago. Apparently, she had been into Gothic but was "forbidden“ by the Krishnas to attend the festival.
Now, I can‘t speak for the Gothics. Maybe there are one or two Wiccans/Pagans/Satanists among them but in my eyes the huge majority of them atheist is because the general population is atheist here. I suppose it is rather an opportunity to dress up in fancy black clothes and to listen to melancholic music. In other words, its just fun. Not my kind of fun, but fun. My question now is: Do you think the person was discouraged from attending the festival just because it’s fun, or are there serious concerns which would make it impossible to believe in Hinduism and be a Gothic?
Now, I can‘t speak for the Gothics. Maybe there are one or two Wiccans/Pagans/Satanists among them but in my eyes the huge majority of them atheist is because the general population is atheist here. I suppose it is rather an opportunity to dress up in fancy black clothes and to listen to melancholic music. In other words, its just fun. Not my kind of fun, but fun. My question now is: Do you think the person was discouraged from attending the festival just because it’s fun, or are there serious concerns which would make it impossible to believe in Hinduism and be a Gothic?