You have finished reading the text information on Hinduism and (hopefully) learned about Hinduism through my lecture. How does Hinduism help its adherents make sense of this world? What does it offer to its believers (over 900 million followers) to make it the world's third largest religion?
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Hindusim is probably the third largest religoun in the world because as the book said, the Indians did what they wanted to do to satisfy their own religous needs. It also teaches people that if you live life as a good person You'll be reincarnated as a person in a higher class of society or an animal such as a cow which were considered sacred. And the world is controlled by thousands of diety's controlling the different elements, human emotions, good fortune, marriage and all the daily things that go on in a humans life. What I think the biggest thing that draws peple to this religoun is that if you mess up your given a second chance. You can be reincarnated over and over until you get it right. "It" meaning the infinite. Until finally as promised you become part of the one and live in a peaceful afterlife away from the troubles of Earth.
I think that so many people follow Hinduism and truly beleive what it states because it makes a lot of sense. The four things that it says people want in order to find happiness are stages that people really go through, although, as talked about in class don't always finish, so people are able to relate. Also, I think people beleive in reincarnation because they want to have more lifes, or in other words, more chances to find what truly makes them happy; their purpose for living.
The Hindu religion gives you the opportunity to experience life and learn for yourself “what you would like to do”. Some people would see this as a chance to do anything they wanted with no moral values broken. But I do not believe this; although I am not Hindu, I can see that giving people the right to figure out what they want will be helpful later. If they figure out what they want by themselves rather than being told what to think, their faith in the system would be significantly stronger. This makes people feel free and self-ruled; this is why I think it is the worlds third most practiced religion.
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Matt Hoey
Hinduism is such a large, repsected and popular religion because of the way you have to follow the religion. The central question for the people who studied Hindu was "What Do You want?" I believe that the people who would follow this wouldn't get what they want by stealing and cheating and then later say, " i was following my religion." The people who studied Hinduism would get what they desired by the stages of the Hindu. Such as pleasure, wealth, and duty. They would aquire these "wants" and live their life with a purpose hoping to be reincarnated as someone or something that is honored.
Hinduism makes sense of the world through many ways and really deserves the title of the largest third world country religion. Hinduism addresses the world in 4 ways; the first one being pleasure. At an early age the average person wants pleasure...nuff said. Later on in a person's life, they grow out of the want for pleasure and look towards wealth and accumulating alot of it. However, like pleasure, wealth is finite and can't be taken with you when your dead. When a person realizes this, they begin to look out and reach the third stage of doing your duty and fullfilling the obligations you have to society, such as supporting and raising a family, or helping charities and others. But, even with the selflessness, you aren't truly happy. This is when you reach the fourth stage of the infinite and learn of knolwegde, joy, life and karma. Idlf one did not reach all four stages I'm their lifetime, they would be reincarnated and in their next lifetime they would once again try to reach total happiness. This religion offers one to find happiness and be reunited with your inner one. The concept of reincarnation provided compensations and hope for the poor if they behaved properly in that life.
Edward Cummins
Hinduism grants people the right to make their own destinies through four levels of what we experience in our lives. Some of us don't experience the four levels. Reincarnation works for the people who do very good deeds during their life. It may take us 100 lifetimes to understand what makes us happy or what grants us pleasure. and I also agree with Dylan 100% when he says people believe in reincarnation because this may be enough time to be able to recognize the four steps in life as the people in the religion of Hinduism believe.
Hinduism offers great acceptance to its followers. The belief is that if you really desire something it cannot be "sinful" or wrong. The essential question presented by this faith is the idea of what you really want. Pleasure, wealth, and the fulfillment of duties may grant you instant gratification, but does not last more then your life, or in some cases more then a small amount of time. So in essence the answer to this provocative question is that we want the infinite. We will continue to be reincarnated until we reach the infinite and are then part of the one in a peaceful and serene afterlife. Although this may cause confusion and hardship for those who live by this faith, the idea is that you learn through mistakes and do eventually fulfill your desires.
hinduism is the epitome of positive reinforcement. be a nice guy, you get a nice next life. be a nicer guy, you'll get a nicer next life. Humans, bieng selfish and egotistical, love the concept of infinite life, and with a way to make it better, sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Also, with what peter said, it gives the person "free choice", or rather the illusion of. The end result is the same. The steps are the same. The only "free" aspect is the ability to choose when you go to the next one. While these concepts are enticing, it just seems rather tricksy to me. (while i may not necessarily believe everything stated, i feel the need to put a negative spin on it to help balance the blog)
I think the Hinduism religion does bring a lot to the table for its followers. This religion really focuses on what you want and that is important because not a lot of religions do that. I like how it can really incorporate age and a person’s maturity into what they can really want in life. This really is a good religion to find you as a person and not to a community as a whole.
Hinduism is all about finding the meaning of life. No matter how long it takes. It has so many followers because of its realism and hope. It's real because everybody goes through the stages of wanting something, and the religion guides you through it. It gives hope to people because; if they do what they're supposed to do in their first life they move to a higher class in the next. It also gives the sense of eternal life, because of their beliefs of reincarnation. This gives them a sense that their life on earth isn't the only thing, they will live on, maybe not in the same form but they will still live on. Hinduism Isn't really about gods, it involves them but it mostly focuses on the person and what they have to do in their lives. I personally like this religion, it’s very believable. I can see why so many people follow it.
Hmmm. Well Hinduism for one reason is that is a easy religion to follow. The fact that it states the principles and goals of life is what probably makes people want to believe in it. People can easily make the connections to this religion because the founders tried to blend it as close to life as they possibly could. I can relate that we all do go through these phases of life and that most of us do not even get past through all of them. I think that not only can we be able to not pass these tests of this religion, but to also be able to skip a few.
Hinduism concepts are believable to many people and is able to change with time which makes it very versitile. It offers you ways to let you satisfy or enjoy life and go through the stages of life. Reincarnation is a big part of this religion and i think that this appeals to a lot of its followers because it gives you another chance of life which i think as john said gives you a second chance if you mess up in ur current life. Until you reach the final stage, you keep repeating these stages which makes sense.
JUSTIN
i think Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world because it was early. it was one of the first religions and it is found in countries with large populations which increases the number of participants. Hinduism is a very free religion. if you fail the first time around, you get reincarnated as something else as a second chance. the kind of life you lead first determines what you become in your second life. if you do good, that good will befall you meaning that you will be reincarnated with power. if you do bad than you will be reincarnated in a lower social class.
Many people follow the Hindu religion, being the third largest in the world. Its ideas must make sense to a wide variety of people. Hinduism shows people a way to reach “heavenly salvation” by explaining that how they live affects their future, as well as tells people their purpose. The Hindu religion mentions Karma which is how our good or bad acts in one life determine which place we will take in the next life. So, each act has meaning and our next life will reflect how we have behaved in the past. Reincarnation is an important piece of the religion because it meant that people lived with the hope they could be given a different, but better, life. This gives people reasons to strive for goodness. Having many deities gives people chances to make devotions for many different reasons, trying to bring their individual soul together with the Great World Soul.
Hinduism, as said from the text, believed in the idea of reincarnation in which a sould would be reborn in a different form such as an animal. This provided hope to lower class in ancient times that if their behavior was proficent, then in their next life they would be in a better stage. There is also karma; performing good things will result in good luck while doing bad things will be priced with bad luck. The reason why this religion is preferred by most could be said because of the reincarnation. As I said before, it gives hope to others to be able to be reborn in a better stage depending on your character in your last life according to Hinduism.
I read a lot of these blogs and pretty much everyone is saying the same stuff we learned in class. I like how Peter put it in his blog that the relgion is very versatile and that it changes with time, because it really is like that. I think that this religion ultimately offers choice, and I think Matt Hoey said that. He is right when he says that because the people cannot be blamed for something they did if it is religious. For example, in LHS, if your religion requires you to wear something then the school real can't do anything because of freedom of religion. :)
i think that the reason that this religion thrived so much was because it allowed its adherents the freedom to follow their own path. other religions dictate a path by setting many ground rules. reincarnation was also appealing to religous goers because they were promised a higher position in their next life as long as they were good in their first lifetime. there were many dieties that each controlled a different aspect of life. the variety of gods in addition to the many chances you got to get what you wanted made it appealing. you would be reincarnated until you got to the infinite.
I believe that people follow Hinduism souly because it supports their morals and beliefs. This religion has the question "What do you want" as one of its main things. That question has four answers to it, and you as a person, has to come to terms with that fact that pleasure, wealth, and duty won't fully satisfy you in life, and what will is infinite knowledge, life, and joy, however many don't come to terms with that and never truly let go of the whole concept. I believe this is a main reason why this religion is the third largest religion. It's directed towards its people. They also have a concept of reincarnation which that your soul is reborn several times after death. I think the fact that the people are the main part to this religion made it so popular, or 3rd largest.
i think that it gives the hope for reincarnation and a chance to improve your next life. it is also big because of its lucky position. india has the second largest population in the world, and hinduism has a pretty simple doctrine (all you have to do is good things and you will have a better next life)that is easy to follow.
I believe like the rest of the class that Hindu is a very reasonable uncrazy religion. Though I am not Hindu I do believe in reincarnation and the results of good and bad karma. And like Alex said its spot of locations gives it the chance to attract many followers. Not only do I see where people would agree with what Hinduism implies, I believe in many of its point of views as well. The diverse views of the Hindu’s is a solid reason why it is the 3rd largest religious beliefs.
I believe many peoples follow Hinduism because the process by which it claims one lives by is realistic. It makes sense to the average person...by saying our lives come in steps as we mature. This general theme of following a pattern of steps really makes many feel comfortable, like they have something to look forward to and improve upon. The religion believes in rewarding people for their sucsess and always improving as an individual in your after life...which could be in many different forms. Hinduism provides purpose for ones life and also connects with the humans needs and natural instincts.
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