Concepts of God and Religion

[Humanist_Activist]

57. Considering the anachronistic nature of so many religious texts, to think prophecy...

is real is foolhardy. In addition, your understanding of Hinduism seems far too simplistic, The Hinduism(if you can even call it that) of 1100 B.C.E. is not the same as in 2013 C.E. Just like the Judaism of 600 B.C.E. bears little resemblance to Judaism of today, and the same with Christianity from 100 C.E. or so.

Hinduism is even more problematic when you consider it is not really a single religion, but more like a group of religions and practices that share a loose cultural system. Hindu beliefs vary greatly, and always have, ranging from Monotheists to Polytheists and every step in between. In addition, I caution against using Hinduism's supposed antiquity to try to strengthen an argument, just because an idea or belief is ancient, and survives, doesn't mean its right.

A classic example is the belief in the 4(or 5, depending on culture) elements, an idea that permeated through many different civilizations for almost 4 thousand years or so(possibly older), and it was still absolutely wrong.