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    Hindu Monotheism

    Could you or anyone else be more specific in all this. Because if it is so, and if Hindus do not believe that an idol of stone has any power, etc. then it is very significant spiritually in regards to the ability of people to invoke (or meditate) on something that orients them only to the One...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Judaism had some very specific descriptions of "idolatry" in ancient times from which Judaism was distinguished. I don't really know how or if it could even be applied to Hinduism at all, since the focus in those days was on the Canaanites, ancient Greeks and Romans. Maimonides says that the...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Is it correct to say that many or most Indians focus on the one Supreme God even when they relate to a particular name such as Ganesha, Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, etc.? Or even when relating to the alleged millions of divas? And if so, do people who worship one or the other relate easily to the...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    If I remember correctly, the person must be at a sufficientl pious level and learned in all areas of Jewish study to ensure correct focus on the arrangements of the letters. Otherwise there are risks involved, as was the case of Shabtai Zvi the false Messiah of the 17th century, who went off the...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Well, I am no mystic. But I know that Jewish mystics have meditated on the arrangements of the four letters comprising the holy Name (Tetragrammaton) of God which have the meaning of the word "Being".Letters Yud Heh Vav Heh.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    But if this is true, Sayak83 ,then why not simply appeal to the one infinite God without form? Re At least he will not be forgotten among the multiplicity of names and personalities.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    So you mean that it isn't obvious that one should appeal to the power that is the greatest who can respond and does respond to mankind who he has created?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I am, but I can't escape the logic of focusing on the Supreme God exclusively who is always accessible since he is everywhere....
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I guess I am thinking about thr general religious worship focus of Hindus, whether dvaita or advaita.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    As a matter of philosophical matter Judaism is aware of the existence of angels and demons, but all religious attention and worship is singularly directed to the supreme God who is Creator of everything and all that exists. So I wonder why any other peoples would direct worship to anyone else...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    There are many ideas in Hinduism that resemble ideas in Kabbalah, including the idea of reincarnation. I am trying to understand better the issue of the deity, but am still not clear whether any Hindus actively and clearly relate only to the idea of a single Supreme God who is omniscient and...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I hsvd read that some Hindus perceive God as a person with whom one interactd whereas Vedanta sees God as impersonal. But hoe can both be true?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    How can the Infinite God be represented by a monkey or an elephant? Or in a statue at all?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Do they consider these to be various names for the Supreme God? And ehy would an infinite God be represented by a statue showing an animal?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    So how much of Hindu theology in general is considered historical? How many Hindus have a feeling for the idea of a supreme God who is the object of worship, Ishwara, and what name is given? Is it called Brahman or Vishnu?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    But don't Hindus accept the story of the Ramayana and of Krishna to be historical events?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    How would descriptions of relating to Hindu deities compare to that of ancient Greek or Romsn religions?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Ironically I have thought of the creation being in the infinite God as well in a jewish perspective.
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    Charles Russell and Joseph Rutherford

    Only to the extent that it sheds light on what the religion is today and is based on.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    If this is as you describe, then how can Vishnu be considered the Supreme God Brahman? In any case, I am sure it would have been just as easy or easier if all Hindus focused together on the single Supreme God of the universe, who I can't see is any different than the God of the Bible starting...
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