When someone mentions Hinduism, they automatically think of Indians from India with their turbans and crap.......atleast I do anyways. Quite honestly and believe it or not, it is not just limited to that mold. It is one of the biggest religious beliefs in the world.......and when I mention Hinduism, I’m also speaking of it’s multitude of sects, and I mean MULTITUDE. For those of you who are not familiar with this particular religion, it is one of the oldest belief systems to date and considered a polytheistic one at that, although some may argue the case if one was to speak of certain sects of Hinduism. Either way, for the most part, it is polytheistic, using the word in it’s natural dictionary form.

I’d have to say, this religion has to hold the record for the most deities of all religions, (“gods” for those who are limited in vocabulary). Here, let me name a few: Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, which make up the so called, “trinity” (those are the top dogs). Then there are the other ding bats: Kali, Lakshmi, Sarasvati....which are supposedly the “consorts” to the first three that I mentioned. And then there are: Agni, Surya, Skanda, Hanuman, Ganesha, Parvati, Rama, Gauri, Sheshnag, Ganga, Yama, Kalki, Ketu, Rahu, Airavata, Matsya, along with a gazillion other gods and goddesses. It’s estimated that there are over 300 million gods, demi-gods and “bad gods”. Jesus, I guess it would be simple to make it to heaven. If you anger one god, fear not, you have 299 million other gods to appease. How simple is that?! For those who want to be technical, yes, “heaven” is not the correct terminology in Hinduism, but I use that word for the general populace.

So what’s so wrong about Hinduism? Well geez, if you payed attention to the last paragraph, that would’ve explain it all! Jesus Christ, how can you have so many gods and worse yet, how can you remember all of their names? And with many sects/denominations and the tolerance between them all, one would think that Hinduism would fall apart in it’s infancy into complete chaos with utter confusion. But strangely, it is not the case. But you see, you cannot have a zillion paths leading to the end result. In religious terms, it is not possible. With a zillion paths leading to a happy end, it would be rare that anyone would be reincarnated to live yet another life on this miserable world.......(briefly; reincarnation in Hindu belief is the equivalence of hell). Not only that, I just don’t care for the idea of cows being revered. Didn’t that kind of thinking died away after man had discovered his intelligence? Personally, cows belong in the gut. So where is the joke you say? Well hell, it ain’t bad having one pair of godly eyes peeping on you but having 300 million? Hell no, it ain’t working for me. Besides, I have more fun being a Catholic rebel six days out of a week.

Well, this ends this article. Once again, if you have any comments or would simply like to bash the hell out of me, please do so below. Until next time.......