I think that everyone had similar ideas, but we all just analyzed them differently. I responded to Sarah's and Lisa's posts. Lisa's made me laugh because we both used a quote from Shakespeare's As You Like It. I mean that is what I thought of when I was listening to the guy speak so I blogged about it, and I guess she was thinking the same thing. Sarah and Lisa both talked about the black being like the devil, but they thought that the Hindu religion did not include the devil. I guess I think that their devil figure is Shiva, the destroyer.
I really find the religion interesting, and I think it is interesting to read all the different responses everybody has. I guess Hinduism really is an open ended religion that allows its people to see things in their own way. I think that it is good that the religion is that open to letting its people develop their own thoughts, but I think it would be hard to follow the laws of Hinduism. I mean, how do people understand it? I can hardly get the basics under my belt. If it came to getting becoming free from the reincarnation cycle, I would never get there. I would be stuck being reborn one million times. I know now that it might be fun to learn about Hinduism, but I will never become a Hindu. The religion just goes right over my head.
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I read Sarah's Shakespere comment, and I chuckled when I saw you had the same ideas. You both must share the Honors English bond. :-)
The Hindi religion is very complex, and we are only scratching the surface here. I think you are right about your "open ended" assessment of things.
As for following it, I'm not sure anybody can truly learn all there is to know about the religion. I don't think it's important to know all that stuff (to them), but I think the idea is to try to grasp a little corner of what's possible? I don't really know the answer to this for sure.
The idea behind the podcast and in class is to simply try and grasp the basics.
Mr. Farrell
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