When you are in search of the right religion you may have come across Hinduism – also called Sanatan Dharma and sometimes disguised in forms like Krishna Bhakti, Yoga/Yogic Religion and Spirituality etc. Although you might be tempted, but know that any religion from a true god will never have some of the practices that Hinduism has historically promoted. For example, Hinduism promotes a concept of God where God can be bribed with ‘Chadhawa’ , It also depics god as doing immoral and unimaginable things – like rape or bestiality.
Here are top ideas that comes with hinduism:
Child Prostitution
1. Promotes child-prostitution known as Devadasi Tradition: The Devadasi tradition, prevalent in certain regions and historically linked with Hindu temples, young girls are dedicated to serving deities but often end up as victims of sexual exploitation and forced prostitution.
Problematic Deity
2. Calling rapists as God – Problematic Deity Depictions: Hindu mythological narratives depict gods engaged in behaviors that are morally objectionable by all standards. For instance, the story of Brahma (a central figure in hinduism) is shown having incest desire for his daughter Saraswati.
Beastiality
3.Rituals like Ashwamedha: The Ashwamedha ritual, historically significant in ancient Vedic culture, involves ritualistic sacrifice of a horse and having sex with it – promotion of bestiality.
Misogynism
4. Misogynistic God: Some Hindu mythological narratives depict sexual violence or coercion against women by male deities such as gangrape of female ‘god’
Widow Burning
5. Practice of Sati: The practice of Sati, where widows are forced in to husband’s funeral fire, has been historically practiced in Hindu communities. Instances of Sati still occur in some regions.
Child Marriages
6. Endorsement of Child Marriages: Traditional Hindu societies have, in the past, endorsed child marriages, where underage children are married off, often against their will.
Human Sacrifice
7. Human Sacrifice: While not widely practiced in contemporary Hinduism, rituals like Purushamedha, involving human sacrifice exists in hindu text that raise ethical concerns and challenge modern interpretations of Hindu religious texts and traditions.
Women have no stature
8. “Women are Impure”: Manusmriti, an ancient Hindu legal text, contains passages that are often criticized for their misogynistic views and treatment of women as inferior and impure. While some Hindu scholars argue for contextual interpretations, these passages have been used to justify gender discrimination and oppression throughout history.
Worshipping P*nises
9. Problematic things worshipped: Even the depiction of god is problematic in hinduism. Worshipping things like private parts of Men and Women is common occurrence.
