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In reply to the discussion: Christians; how do you regard Hinduism? [View all]Deep13
(39,156 posts)And being factually accurate, they are both valid.
Your logic is flawed for a number of reasons that out to be obvious.
First, you really are basing both sets of instructions on one assumption: education is important, but it is not ones whole life. So each instruction is designed to steer each kid in in the same direction.
Second, you are suggesting that the life lesson in your advice is somehow analogous to the independent existence of deities. A better analogy would be suggesting that one son apply for admittance to Star Fleet Academy while you steer the other to apply to Hogwarts. The advice is only valid if either of those places exist. And, as in the case of gods, neither does.
Going back to your example, given that race, religion, nationality, and even gender are social constructs and that there fundamentally is only one kind of human in the world, what difference exists among Europeans and New World residents on the one hand and Indians on the other to justify comply different theologies with different factual assertions and yet still call both valid?