Christians; how do you regard Hinduism?

[LiberalAndProud]

499. To the extent that religious belief is personal, I'm okay with it.

Historically and contemporarily, religion doesn't confine itself to the personal. For example, proselytizing and spreading the Good News is one of Christianity's edicts. It is culturally destructive. The anti-science quality of religious fanaticism throughout our history is well documented. Religious zealotry has repeatedly impeded and retrogressed our human quest for a sound and rational understanding of our universe. Religious belief foments ethnocentrism and demands conformity. A personal God may be benign, but those who would impose theocracy exist symbiotically with tolerant believers, and are empowered by them. This is highly dangerous and extremely frightening.

That said, I can't reconcile the misogynistic, homophobic, classist, militant teachings of the Abrahamic religions with my own world view. Even though those nearest and dearest to me have been able to accomplish the mental gymnastics required to accomplish this reconciliation, I find it disingenuous to conveniently ignore the inconvenient scriptures while embracing others. It is my experience that religious teachings can be personally destructive. As I compose this argument, I find that my dissatisfaction with religion is long and deep and extends even into the personal. I wish this were not so, but I find that it is.