Those Hindus who do not go to temples or have anything to do with Hinduism but still regard themselves as Hindu.
Prashad posted:Those Hindus who do not go to temples or have anything to do with Hinduism but still regard themselves as Hindu.
Secular means non-religious. Hinduism is a religion. I understand some Hindus claim to be secular but aren't the two mutually exclusive?
Secular Hindus of Guyana are people who are ashamed of being Hindus because the Artificial Englishman West Indian culture looks down upon them as inferior but they cannot bring themselves to leaving Hinduism and becoming Christians.
Prashad posted:Secular Hindus in Guyana are people who are ashamed of being Hindus because the Artificial Englishman West Indian culture looks down upon them as inferior but they cannot bring themselves to leaving Hinduism and becoming Christians.
Maybe they just not religious like people who belong to other religions are not religious....who are you to judge others?
They are not religious because they live in shame because the mainstream culture see them as backward.
Prashad posted:Secular Hindus in Guyana are people who are ashamed of being Hindus because the Artificial Englishman West Indian culture looks down upon them as inferior but they cannot bring themselves to leaving Hinduism and becoming Christians.
There is no such thing as "secular Hindu". Either you are a Hindu or not. So you are saying that you got rid of your inferiority by being relabled?
I don't follow any religion. I like parts of all religions. But I do recognize that Hinduism is the religion of our Dravidian and Indo Aryan ancestors. It is ours to the core and no one can tell us otherwise
Prashad posted:They are not religious because they live in shame because the mainstream culture see them as backward.
how you know this?
Yuh talkin sheer fart
Prashad posted:I don't follow any religion. I like parts of all religions. But I do recognize that Hinduism is the religion of our Dravidian and Indo Aryan ancestors. It is ours to the core.
Then you are secular to the core.
Prashad posted:Secular Hindus of Guyana are people who are ashamed of being Hindus because the Artificial Englishman West Indian culture looks down upon them as inferior but they cannot bring themselves to leaving Hinduism and becoming Christians.
I know what you're talking about and agree in part. Many IndoGuyanese have accepted the brainwashing to be ashamed of their Indianness. Many converted to Christianity for the same reason. But that has nothing to do with secularism which by definition is non-religious.
Many converted for free exercise books and Crayola crayons. Many also converted to become teachers before that was outlawed.
I believe if you convert to Christianity then change your name to a Christian name like Winston Benjamin but don't call yourself Beharry or Luckoo for example when you are no longer a Hindu
Prashad posted:I believe if you convert to Christianity then change your name to a Christian name like Winston Benjamin but don't call yourself Beharry for example when you are no longer a Hindu
Why?
You are no longer a Hindu. It is not your name anymore.
Prashad posted:I believe if you convert to Christianity then change your name to a Christian name like Winston Benjamin but don't call yourself Beharry or Luckoo for example when you are no longer a Hindu
I have always believed that religion comes from within regardless of what you're born into or call yourself. The Canadian Mission Church was notorious for forcing people to convert if they wanted jobs. I know many who converted. Some in name and some who became more "religious" than the Canadian Church itself and milked it for whatever they could. What if you had a family to support, converting nominally was your only option AND you maintained your beliefs?
You sound like Ratan Lal. Muhammed Iqbal's grandfather.
Prashad posted:Secular Hindus of Guyana are people who are ashamed of being Hindus because the Artificial Englishman West Indian culture looks down upon them as inferior but they cannot bring themselves to leaving Hinduism and becoming Christians.
So, if I was born a Hindu and don't practise Hinduism or believe in any religion, I am a secular Hindu?
Prashad posted:You are no longer a Hindu. It is not your name anymore.
Says who? Is there an authority that decides what name a person HAS to use?
antabanta posted:Prashad posted:You are no longer a Hindu. It is not your name anymore.
Says who? Is there an authority that decides what name a person HAS to use?
Okay then why don't you call yourself Muhammed Iqbal and then practice Kashmir Brahmin Hinduism and see if you would not get a fatwa on your head.
skeldon_man posted:Prashad posted:Secular Hindus of Guyana are people who are ashamed of being Hindus because the Artificial Englishman West Indian culture looks down upon them as inferior but they cannot bring themselves to leaving Hinduism and becoming Christians.
So, if I was born a Hindu and don't practise Hinduism or believe in any religion, I am a secular Hindu?
You are a secular Hindu as long as you do not convert to another religion.