Would be interesting to see new testament broken out as well. The old books are very different. I was shocked not to see "begets" given the long lineages in some of those old testament texts.
Also surprising to see heaven so high up in the vedas. Very interesting!
Hindus don't read Vedas in the sense that that it is not the common book they point to or put in their homes or read quotes from.
They believe they are sacred texts sure, but they are not the holy books. Main books people put in their homes or read at temples i.e. similar to Bible are "Ramayana", "Bhagavadgita" and Upanishads.
Reason I am saying this is because Vedas read more like philosophy some times and some times about the making of primtiive tools like swords etc.
Vedas contain about atheism, theism and even deism. It also says that - nobidy knows how the universe came to be - it also points that it might be eternal. It doesn't claim a creator.
Later books I mentioned claim a proper creator - Brahma, god of creation, and Vishnu one who rules over the created universe and Shiva who destroys the world. These books also claim that universe has been destroyed so mnay number of times before and has been recreated. Eerily, they specify our current number or version if you will.
Problem with Hinduism is there isn't one book and everybody agrees that all books are pointing to set of Gods, and all of them are written by humans - claiming to be divinely inspired or told obviously. Hinduism is like open source where literally people added stories, experiences at different points in time and people being okay with that. Usually religious people ignore the atheist part of the Vedas and few know what's actually inside Vedas.
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thiney49 on February 3rd, 2018 at 23:01 UTC »
I'd be interested to see them as percentages. I have no clue how the lengths of the different texts compare.
musicluvah1981 on February 3rd, 2018 at 23:04 UTC »
Would be interesting to see new testament broken out as well. The old books are very different. I was shocked not to see "begets" given the long lineages in some of those old testament texts.
Also surprising to see heaven so high up in the vedas. Very interesting!
saikrishnav on February 3rd, 2018 at 23:43 UTC »
Hindus don't read Vedas in the sense that that it is not the common book they point to or put in their homes or read quotes from.
They believe they are sacred texts sure, but they are not the holy books. Main books people put in their homes or read at temples i.e. similar to Bible are "Ramayana", "Bhagavadgita" and Upanishads.
Reason I am saying this is because Vedas read more like philosophy some times and some times about the making of primtiive tools like swords etc.
Vedas contain about atheism, theism and even deism. It also says that - nobidy knows how the universe came to be - it also points that it might be eternal. It doesn't claim a creator.
Later books I mentioned claim a proper creator - Brahma, god of creation, and Vishnu one who rules over the created universe and Shiva who destroys the world. These books also claim that universe has been destroyed so mnay number of times before and has been recreated. Eerily, they specify our current number or version if you will.
Problem with Hinduism is there isn't one book and everybody agrees that all books are pointing to set of Gods, and all of them are written by humans - claiming to be divinely inspired or told obviously. Hinduism is like open source where literally people added stories, experiences at different points in time and people being okay with that. Usually religious people ignore the atheist part of the Vedas and few know what's actually inside Vedas.