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A few days ago, I was looking for a missing remote control, and I had an idea.
Maybe we should add a button to TV sets that you can press whenever your remote control goes missing. The TV set will then send a signal to your remote, causing it to flash for a few seconds...
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As you may know, the Vikings discovered the New World in 1000 AD, which is approximately 500 years before Columbus.
When Columbus made contact with the Native Americans, many of them died off because they weren't immune to European diseases.
Were there similar die-offs...
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A few months ago, I came across a Canadian website called www.religioustolerance.org. This website contains some very interesting information about the way Abrahamists view pagan Dharmas:
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I was looking at the Wikipedia article on Vritra, a demon who is mentioned in the Vedas. This is what the article says:
The Western media frequently refers to the nation of China as a dragon. This is very similar to the Vedas, which describe Vritra as a giant serpent.
Many...
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As you may now, the Rig Veda describes a conflict between two groups of people: the Aryans and the Dasas. Many Western historians consider the Aryans to be light-skinned invaders from Central Asia who spoke Indo-European languages, and the Dasas to be dark-skinned natives who...
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Many of you are probably familiar with the genre of post-apocalyptic literature. Stories in this genre usually describe events that occur after a major disaster, like the collapse of a civilization.
Since the Vedas were written after the fall of the Indus Valley...
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As you may know, the Battle of Thermopylae was fought between the Persian Empire and Greek city-states. Many Westerners consider this to be an important event in Western history, where Greek warriors fought off a foreign invasion.
However, the religion of Iran at this time...
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Most textbooks on Indian history state that during the Vedic period, the main form of worship was animal sacrifice. Siddhartha Gautama (better known as the Buddha) rejected Vedic sacrifices, and introduced the concept of ahimsa (non-violence).
However, biographies of...
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A few years ago, Wendy Doniger published The Hindus: An Alternative History, a book that covers the history of India. Ever since it was published, the book has drawn an enormous amount of criticism for factual errors and inaccurate portrayals of Sanathana Dharma.
On his...
I was thinking about this question recently, and a very simple answer came to me:
The Vedas were revealed by Brahma at the beginning of the Satya Yuga, while the Rama Avatara took place during the Treta Yuga and the Krishna Avatara took place during the Dwapara Yuga.
Vishal Agarwal, in his critique of Wendy Doniger's The Hindus: An Alternative History challenges the belief that the Ramayana and Mahabharata post-date Buddhism.
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I posted this in another thread, but nobody seems to have noticed.
In 1000 AD, the Persian poet Ferdowsi composed the Shahnameh, which lists the ancient kings of Persia. According to this epic, society in ancient Persia was organized according to a caste system similar to...