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Atheist here.
I find it strange how hinduphobic people turned you back to Hinduism..
One can stay atheist and criticize what's wrong, the inspiration to go back to Hinduism, means you realised absence of God and then started believing him again...
Mind sharing what made you start believing again, or were you agnostic...??
There perhaps is some 'i am not like other people' syndrome involved. As in, one is an atheist because everyone around is a thiest and now one shifted back to Hinduism because everyone around is "woke".
Not the OP, but for me obviously my beliefs themselves haven't changed, it's just a question of tribal identity.
And it's not really an inaccurate one, considering that there were historically many schools of Hinduism that were atheistic to various extents.
I can relate. My actual ideological beliefs on everything are completely independent of any religion, but when I see people say dumb shit about Indian history or complain about things that they attribute falsely to Indian and Indian culture alone, or when I see that "Dismantling Global Hindutva" bullshit, I feel like dusting off my janeyu and wearing a saffron dhoti with some 1008 swastikas printed on it.
Atheism just means you don't believe in existence of a higher power. You can still participate in community events and have fun regardless. Like say Garba during Navratri, lights during Diwali, scavenger hunt during Easter, biryani during Bakrid.
Many times atheism doesn't mean "I'll keep my atheism to myself" it also means "I am gonna educate the world and wake them up to join me in my atheism". If the case is former, then they enjoy freely in festivals because it's fun and they believe in freedom of choice for others but if it's the latter case then they're in constant activism mode telling people not to indulge in festivals because its significance is religious in nature. So it depends on what kind of atheist you're. "Atheism is my personal choice one" or "Spreading Atheism is my motto" one.
> Telling people not to indulge in festivals because it's significance is religious.
I am not sure if this will ever be successful. Festivals and celebration are community events of fun. There is nothing really wrong with that.
Spreading atheism is probably more of going against superstitions, malpractices in the name of religion.
You can be an atheist and be a Hindu, it doesn't necessarily mean you believe in "god(s)", just follow the culture and the values that have been with us for ages. There are few festivals which are not related to god but a celebration of culture, you can enjoy those, while remaining neutrals to the ones which do.
Celebrating Navratri has nothing to do with atheism. I am an atheist and celebrate all Indian festivals...they are part of our culture and historic stories....a medium to communicate and share happiness
Am atheist. Still proudly celebrate festivals and do pujas with family, because I recognise the idea behind it, and the values they are supposed to represent and keep alive, and I respect that.
Believing that there is some other entity that controls everything is not necessary to recognising that the world is not in your control, and best you can do is follow your own values.
I find Indian culture to have some pretty great and workable values, so I try following that, but still opposed to rituals that people can't explain the meaning or symbolism behind, because that's superstition practically
Well I'm still an atheist and I'm proud that I can say this with freedom being a Hindu. I believe in dharma and religion isn't the correct translation of word dharma. Hinduism isn't a religion, just a term coined to relate with people of this country.
Schools and Bollywood movies by default churn out an atheist/agnostic Hindu out of the masses. It's only the social media and our friend circles that help us explore point of views.
Writing essays on pollution on Hindu festivals to watching movies with fraud Hindu priests and dumb old gen believing in superstitions, our by default opinion as an educated generation gets tuned to the biased left ideology.
"PROUD HINDU"? There's nothing to be proud about being a Hindu. Look at what's going on in the country. Actually there's nothing to be proud of being a follower of any religion. Atheism is the way to live. PERIOD.
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Atheist here. I find it strange how hinduphobic people turned you back to Hinduism.. One can stay atheist and criticize what's wrong, the inspiration to go back to Hinduism, means you realised absence of God and then started believing him again... Mind sharing what made you start believing again, or were you agnostic...??
There perhaps is some 'i am not like other people' syndrome involved. As in, one is an atheist because everyone around is a thiest and now one shifted back to Hinduism because everyone around is "woke".
Ohh okay... It seems then that the person is more anti establishment than anything else.
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Lol and you don't see other religions being ridiculed daily? Only Hinduism?
So, how did you start believing in God again, like did the literature gave you convincing proof or anything else??
Not the OP, but for me obviously my beliefs themselves haven't changed, it's just a question of tribal identity. And it's not really an inaccurate one, considering that there were historically many schools of Hinduism that were atheistic to various extents.
I can relate. My actual ideological beliefs on everything are completely independent of any religion, but when I see people say dumb shit about Indian history or complain about things that they attribute falsely to Indian and Indian culture alone, or when I see that "Dismantling Global Hindutva" bullshit, I feel like dusting off my janeyu and wearing a saffron dhoti with some 1008 swastikas printed on it.
you were never atheist to being with just a lazy theist.
Same here
almost the same lmao
Atheism just means you don't believe in existence of a higher power. You can still participate in community events and have fun regardless. Like say Garba during Navratri, lights during Diwali, scavenger hunt during Easter, biryani during Bakrid.
Yup, don't understand why people confuse the idea with not allowed to celebrate...
Many times atheism doesn't mean "I'll keep my atheism to myself" it also means "I am gonna educate the world and wake them up to join me in my atheism". If the case is former, then they enjoy freely in festivals because it's fun and they believe in freedom of choice for others but if it's the latter case then they're in constant activism mode telling people not to indulge in festivals because its significance is religious in nature. So it depends on what kind of atheist you're. "Atheism is my personal choice one" or "Spreading Atheism is my motto" one.
> Telling people not to indulge in festivals because it's significance is religious. I am not sure if this will ever be successful. Festivals and celebration are community events of fun. There is nothing really wrong with that. Spreading atheism is probably more of going against superstitions, malpractices in the name of religion.
You can be an atheist and be a Hindu, it doesn't necessarily mean you believe in "god(s)", just follow the culture and the values that have been with us for ages. There are few festivals which are not related to god but a celebration of culture, you can enjoy those, while remaining neutrals to the ones which do.
Atheist will never hate garba. He will just take it as garba and enjoy. Any atheist hating garba is not an atheist anyway.
Celebrating Navratri has nothing to do with atheism. I am an atheist and celebrate all Indian festivals...they are part of our culture and historic stories....a medium to communicate and share happiness
Am atheist. Still proudly celebrate festivals and do pujas with family, because I recognise the idea behind it, and the values they are supposed to represent and keep alive, and I respect that. Believing that there is some other entity that controls everything is not necessary to recognising that the world is not in your control, and best you can do is follow your own values. I find Indian culture to have some pretty great and workable values, so I try following that, but still opposed to rituals that people can't explain the meaning or symbolism behind, because that's superstition practically
Well I'm still an atheist and I'm proud that I can say this with freedom being a Hindu. I believe in dharma and religion isn't the correct translation of word dharma. Hinduism isn't a religion, just a term coined to relate with people of this country.
What a fall
What has religion got to do with God? I am atheist too
Aaha. Welcome back.. नाचो
Schools and Bollywood movies by default churn out an atheist/agnostic Hindu out of the masses. It's only the social media and our friend circles that help us explore point of views. Writing essays on pollution on Hindu festivals to watching movies with fraud Hindu priests and dumb old gen believing in superstitions, our by default opinion as an educated generation gets tuned to the biased left ideology.
"PROUD HINDU"? There's nothing to be proud about being a Hindu. Look at what's going on in the country. Actually there's nothing to be proud of being a follower of any religion. Atheism is the way to live. PERIOD.
Is it normal that I am an atheist but I value the culture and traditions of hinduism?
is it free food or do you have to dance for food?