Hinduism and American People

We had a family camp yesterday hosted by Camp Sunshine. Camp sunshine is an organization that host camps for kids that have or have had cancer. At the camp there were some interns that were there getting hours toward their Child Life Specialist practicums. For more info on Child Life Specialists, click here.

Anyway,I was telling one of the interns about how I had lived in India. She asked me if Hinduism was the main religion there and I said that it was. Then, she said to me, "Hinduism fascinates me." And I said, "Why?" Then she said, "Well, just all of the gods and the rituals and stuff." I said, "There's just no hope in Hinduism." She said, "Personally, I think thats a matter of opinion." So I said, "Well, what do you see as hope in it?" Then she said to me, "Well, I don't feel like it's my place to judge what people believe, because if thats what they want to believe then thats fine."

Well first, she didn't answer my question, presumably because she doesn't actually see hope in Hinduism, or she doesn't really know what Hindus believe. Second, what's so sad is that she has bought into this American idea that whatever religion you want to believe is fine for you because in the end they all lead to the same place. Sadly, if you aren't a Christian all other religions do lead to the same place. A place called hell.

Also, another sad thing is that she told me she grew up Methodist. So she grew up in the church and yet she has still adopted this idea that basically, all of the "gods" lead to the same end result.

Something else interesting; my Mom told this girl that Hindus use cow urine in their rituals and that they drink it. She didn't even seem fazed by this. It really is sad what people will believe.