How does one explain the entire Hindu priestly class being based on Brahmin parentage?
For example:
Cohen
Jewish priest
- also spelt kohen (Hebrew: “priest”), plural cohanim, or cohens
Jewish priest, one who is a descendant of Zadok, founder of the priesthood of Jerusalem when the First Temple was built by Solomon (10th century bc) and through Zadok related to Aaron, the first Jewish priest, who was appointed to that office by his younger brother, Moses. Though laymen such as Gideon, David, and Solomon offered sacrifice as God commanded, the Hebrew priesthood was hereditary in biblical times and was transmitted exclusively to male descendants of Aaron of the tribe of Levi.
One argument I heard is that some of the most important priests/sages of Hinduism are from the untouchable class and wrote their major books called the Ram-a-yana and Mahaabaratha. I also read somewhere that a low caste woman in India is one of their most famous religious leaders today. I also read about some people in Yemen being untouchables. Something does not add up somewhere. Either the media is lying to us or I have been fed wrong info. I would like someone more knowledgeable to tell me about it because I am in general sympathetic to India as it can be our ally against Islam. Israel in particular seems to have a soft spot for Hindus. So my bet is that the liberal media is feeding us the same kind of drivel we hear about us.