religious studies
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Reclaiming Onam: Marxist-Evangelist nexus has Hijacked the Onam narrative. They have declared that Onam is not Hindu festival. In this thread, I explore the origins of Onam....
@RaincoastCanuk It depends , one can argue that Catholicism is built that way , but for Orthodoxy and Protestantism the historical expirience hasn't been as different from certain...
LORD SURYA SURYA and Savitri are two names by which the Sun is commonly addressed in the Vedic hymns. Sometimes one name is used exclusively, sometimes they are used interchangeab...
There is a very common theme which I've observed in Indological studies. If a particular Hindu deity has multiple names and legends associated with them, the Indologists will start...
In Rgveda Shakala samhita the total number of letters is 4,32,000. Rishis have calculated every word of Veda so the knowledge can be passed without a single letter getting lost. ht...
Great thread! But I partly get the gripes of the Hindus here We are emotionally invested in Sanskrit as the great liturgical language + carrier of Indian intellectual traditions...
The jinn are invisible beings said to live alongside humanity. The trope of jinn haunts is a common one throughout the Islamic world, but equally compelling are the stories of jinn...
The "hero of Europe" Vasco Da Gama. In school you heard great stories of him, but they will never tell you about the following story, what he did to Muslim pilgrims from India ๐ ๐...
Prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:15-22 about Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and refuting common objections ๐งต: https://t.co/db4wBn8pGI
"The Hellenic worshipers of images (eikones) were perfectly aware that images of the gods are merely receptacles and symbols, not divine realities per se.
Just read Kevin Reinhart's "Lived Islam" (Cambridge UP, 2020). It makes elegant use of concepts from linguistics in order to make sense of the unity and diversity of Islam. Thought...
Why are monasteries so captivating? Across different cultures, nations, and religions... https://t.co/avgd03CQa3
It's funny that people nowdays use King Ila as an example of "gender fluidity" in Hinduism when in the actual story, King Ila becomes extremley depressed and distressed that he has...
Two points about From games: 1. Elden Ring and most From games really have to be viewed through the lens of Japanese people trying to make sense of western Pagan and Christian cos...
๐งต Excerpts from PERVERSION OF INDIA'S POLITICAL PARLANCE (by Sita Ram Goel) 1. The failure which the Mahatma (Gandhi) met vis-a-vis the Muslims was truly of startling proportions....
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How did the Salaf treat the narrations of Allah sitting and what did the scholars who came after understand from this. https://t.co/9fGpkUUKvn
[ Thread ] ๐งต DEVADASIS : the hidden religious sโฌx slโvโฌs, prostยกtutโฌs and the story of their exploitation by BRAHMINS. (1/5) https://t.co/KJRN3Kg8mE
Varna and Jaati (Thread) We hindus sud understand that: Varna System and Jaati System r different Varna System was made by ancient Indian sages Jaati System was made by first Mu...
al-Nawawฤซ on Surah 3:7: โThe more correct opinion is the first one, that is to say, those well-grounded in knowledge know it (the interpretation of ambiguous verses) because it is...
Did you know about Our Vedic Cultural Influence in Africa, known as KushaDeep? In ancient Vedic lore, Africa was known as KushaDeep, or Kushadvipa. Our Deeply Rooted Sanatan Dh...
The absence of familiar religious practices in Lord of the Rings doesn't make it 'atheist'. It makes it superreligious. The point of religion, in a way, is to allow us to return...
OMG I can't believe I'm gonna do it, but here goes: Historian here (ok not rilly but M.Div & ThM. Harvard Div, 5yrs PhD a U Chicago): anyone who says "in the bible & for nearly all...
Hindu scientists were performing advanced mathematical computations more than 3500 years ago, while Europeans and Arabs were still going out hunting for nourishment. #Thread https...