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Re:A Confession Exposes India’s Hacking Industry by egeozcan on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @02:24AM (#36208887)
The term "pagan" historically referred to individuals who practiced polytheistic religions outside of the major world religions and Hindus worship Brahman ultimately. Also the "idols" are not seen as the deity but a physical representation that helps worshiping the deity.

But I'd love to be corrected as my knowledge is very superficial.

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Re:A Confession Exposes India’s Hacking Industry by HexDecOctBin on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @02:54AM (#36209131)
> The term "pagan" historically referred to individuals who practiced polytheistic religions outside of the major world religions

Not really, all nature worshippers have been called pagans by followers of Abrahamic religions. "Major/minor" is a modern concept, the original idea was of true believer and heathen – Religion was never a democracy

> Hindus worship Brahman ultimately. Also the "idols" are not seen as the deity but a physical representation that helps worshiping the deity.

Talk to 10 Hindus and you will get 20 definitions of Hinduism. Not surprising, when considering its 4000 year old roots and its practice in an ultra-diverse society.

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Re:A Confession Exposes India’s Hacking Industry by thatloststudent on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @04:22AM (#36209797)
>Hindus worship Brahman As a Hindu, some people see this as the ultimate truth, while quite a lot of others don't. There are a lot of paths to salvation, depends on whom you ask.
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Re:A Confession Exposes India’s Hacking Industry by delta_p_delta_x on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @04:37AM (#36209904)
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Re:A Confession Exposes India’s Hacking Industry by egeozcan on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @05:05AM (#36210106)
I knew that I didn't know too much, now thanks to your comment, I'm searching for books about Hinduism and its history. Very interesting!

Thank you very much for the detailed answer!!

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Re:A Confession Exposes India’s Hacking Industry by SanderNL on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:32AM (#36214408)
Not disagreeing per se, but I find it interesting to regard Hinduism as anything other than a major world religion.
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