We are desensitized to Christianity’s influence on Western thought

Re:We are desensitized to Christianity’s influence on Wester... by pkphilip on Saturday May 01, 2021 @02:08PM (#27008409)

Hinduism most certainly does not believe in a common set of rights for everyone. Each person is assigned a clear position in the social hierarchy based on the caste of the parents and then the person is obligated to carry out the "dharma" as per that caste - anything outside of that is considered "adharmic" or wrong.

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Re:We are desensitized to Christianity’s influence on Wester... by truth_ on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:31PM (#27009103)

But Buddhism does recognize human rights.

I was just reading some days ago how Buddhist emperor Ashoka the Great abolished discriminating policy of a Brahmin never being punished to death irrespective of the nature and severity of the crime while it was allowed for other castes.

Buddhism is one of the rare religion that does not recognize divine rights of kings. In Buddhist mythology a king is like everyone else who merely gets 1/6th of the harvest and maintains peace and protects from external threats. He is jist another man. Christinaity and Islam, on the other hand, do vastly believe in divine rights of kings.

The aspect of Hinduism that you mention was actually practiced, but the inner core of Philosophy tells the division among men emanate from their quality and practice. Birth does not matter. But, in mythology, when a low caste man named Shambuka tried to study the Vedas, the Ramayana epic king and Vishnu incarnation Rama murders him.

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Re:We are desensitized to Christianity’s influence on Wester... by minimal1 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:50PM (#27009235)

Most of the Reformation was about not believing in the divine rights of kings, and the entire concept (not rightly understood here, but not going into it) was not universal anyway. In example, angle saxon kings (where english, "anglo-is" comes from, were elected.

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Re:We are desensitized to Christianity’s influence on Wester... by selimthegrim on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:41PM (#27010982)

Isn’t this because killing Brahmin (even in death penalty) is for Hindus mortal sin?

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Re:We are desensitized to Christianity’s influence on Wester... by truth_ on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:12AM (#27012995)

When rules are made by the Brahmins, what do you expect?

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