Can The World Survive Without Religion (Yes or No) A Hindu P (General)

by satyansh , Monday, November 29, 2010, 12:30 (5107 days ago) @ dhw

"1) You have painted a rather idyllic picture of Hindus devoting themselves to doing good deeds, but of course Jews, Christians and Muslims also see themselves as morally good. I wonder to what extent the Hindu community in India has proved itself to be more altruistic and law-abiding than the small Christian community and the huge Muslim community. In other words, does the theoretical emphasis on good deeds actually have the desired practical results, as compared to other religions/philosophies?"-You have no idea how thankful I am to you for asking me this question. I sincerely will thank you for probably all my life for this. As you know India was a much larger nation before it included the current nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the area that is currently called India.-India is a country which has a prime minister who is a Sikh( Sikhism is another religious minority in India). The leader of the party that is in power is a Christian. The President of India is a Muslim. -Now i will give you statistics of India's population when we were separated and Pakistan and India were 2 separate nations.-India 1947 Hinduism accounted for 86.5% of the population of India. Islam (9.9%), Christianity (1.6%) and Sikhism (1.3%) and the rest were other faiths.
India 2001 According to the 2001 census,Hinduism accounted for 80.5% of the population of India. Islam (13.4%), Christianity (2.3%) and Sikhism (1.9%) and the rest were other faiths.-Pakistan The Hindu population in Pakistan has reduced from 26%, in 1947, right down to 2% in 1990 which is now less than 1%.
 
Bangladesh The Hindu Population in 1971 when they were formed was 35% and now it is a mere 10%. Conceivably, by 2050 Bangladesh will achieve the status of Pakistan: no significant Hindu population.-Now why i am giving you these figures is because it is very important to understand while in India where the majority Hindu population in reducing because of factors such as one child per person and also other factors. Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh were subjected to immense torture and were either converted or killed. Hindus in their history have been very tolerant because of the teachings of their books and philosophies who believed in ahimsa( ahimsa means non violence). Let me put it this way. We were never Muslims. Muslims came and invaded us they tortured us and they killed us but we still accept them and they live with Hindus in India. Than Britishers came and they brought Christianity to India. They also killed us and tortured us and we still have them in India. that is because Hindus by nature are tolerant because their philosophies are tolerant. -India is a secular democracy but if you ask me while I agree other religions should be given their freedoms in India I do feel somewhere in my heart that there is a systematic Hindu cleansing happening in this country and pseudo secularism has over taken Indian politics especially when it comes to Muslims because they are a major vote bank in India and minority appeasement is really affecting India. If these statistics aren't a proof of altruistic and law-abiding Hindus than I dont know what is. I wont deny there haven't been religious attacks. But always remember Hindus in India have always attacked in defense. we dont have a history of going and invading any nation in more than 10000 years of our history but yes we were ruled first by Muslims and then by Christians for more than 700 years simply because Hindus are too tolerant and they believe in Non Violence. Heck the guy who freed us from the Britishers who is called Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also got it from non violence and that is a Hindu concept my dear friend nothing else. I Hope this answers your first question. I could give you a barrage of historical evidences but then it would be forever.