[Reader-list] Idol worship

[chanchal malviya]

For those who have advocated Idolatory as abuse to God - let them show One religion and one society in the world who do not worship Idols and are peaceful...

Quick questions:
1. What are words describing Allah? Only literates can read those words. Blind can hear those words. Blind and Deaf can neither read nor hear those words - what about those Muslims. 
2. Do you believe that a picture (image) is worth more than 1000 words? What would you prefer to worship - words or images. Which is more impacting - picture or words? 

These questions might seem to be simple, but they are not. let me put some analysis for you...

1. Hindus worship Ideals and not Idols. Ask the most idiot of all Hindus, would the stone move or talk for you and he will so 'No'. But if you ask the same Hindu, what will your stone do if I break it, and he will reply what will your Allah or Christ do it, if I abuse him. The answers are same on both side, the effect is same. But one question is sure to think in depth - why do Hindus worship Idols then when all of them knows that it cannot move or talk? And answer is so simple - Can Allah or Christ move or talk? You find Allah and Christ in your words, we find our God in Idols. How beautiful your words are you know, but we know our Idols are the most beautiful creations of some hands.

2. Hindus worshipping Idols while knowing that it will not move or talk signifies that Hindus are worshipping the Immaterial in relation to Material (Both of which constitutes the world). But Islam or Christian think that God is an entity that sits somewhere in 7th world and watches helplessly on us. 

3. Names like Allah or Christ signifies the identity of God as an entity. 

4. God as One is also in Hinduism, but not illogical to say that he is material bounded by smallest finite number 'One'. Hindus believe that all manifestations and energies of manifestations when summed up results in that 'One' which has formed everything and which is the formation too. Thus the 'One' is explained. 

5. Human minds are materialistic. Senses requires material to sense and understand things. Hence, to understand and feel God, words, images, emotions, everthing in Hinduism has a place. 

6. Love, respect and regard is the pillars of all Hindu worship (Unlike all other religions, where they worship religion and force the same on others).

7. Deities in Hindus are natural powers - they were not humans. They are used as metaphors to explain the natural science. Thus, story of Brahma, Vishnu and others in Quran doesn't mean that they had physical existence - they are the icons to relate to natural powers. For example, Jyotir Lingam means Shiv - The God of Light - Jyoti meaning light and Lingam in sanskrit meaning Symbol. Thus shiva is a symbol of light, light being the highest form of energy - and hence Shiva is called as Mahadeva.

8. Idol worhship is a social arrangement which absorbs all level of thinking to become peaceful in nature. It is because, Hindus seem to be worshipping Idols, but actually they do not worship Idols - they worship Ideals. Hence, when one worships Lord Rama, he doesn't worship Rama as God, he worships the best of God in Rama. Islam says God is most benevolent, the most kind... but fails to categorize this most and ends up in saying that he is an entity. Hinduism goes far ahead from this to say that God is within us too, with all his qualities - it is up to us to realize the best of him - humans fail to do, but the most powerful of all natural creations does this - Lord Rama and Krishna did this - and hence the best of God is what is worshipped. 

Nothing in Hinduism is illogical. Everything has a scientific and natural research of thousands of years behind it. It is like, we do not need to know how to build a computer and hence we are simply taught the softwares. So, a Hindus need not know what is Saraswati in natural form, but are taught to relate her with the ability to study - the ability being the power of nature that helps in building knowledge. And hence, Hindus worship Saraswati and making a beautiful idol is to ensure that everyone has the love and respect towards 'Vidya'.

How will Muslims and Christians understand this - when their whole social arrangement is to kill. A child grows with a goat with love and is then taught to kill it barbarously with his hand. Anyone going against is declared Kafir and anything outside the hardlined boundary is thought as impure. 

If Jesus became God by forgiving his enemies, let the world start worshipping 1 billion Jesus - for Hindus have been forgiving even greater barbarism from past 1000 years.

Jai Hind,


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