[Clemenza]

Thank you for the most INTELLIGENT and informed post on this thread. I should have pinged you to begin with.

My ex-GF was adamant that ALL true Indians were Hindu by "worldview", but that other faiths introduced "foreign elements" over the years that were incompatible with this worldview. Of course, I did get her to acknowledge that Hinduism itself had adapted outside traditions over the centuries (as is the case with any religion that has "survived").

[Cronos]

sensible post

Well, everyone was deviating from the topic.

I do blame to a large extent the writer of the post who says "Hindus are mature but Jews, Christians aren't -- as hindus don't make unreasonable demands".

They're wrong, not about hindus not making unreasonable demands, but that Christians and Jews DO -- Hindus protested when some idiots used portraits of Hindu gods and goddesses on flip-flops or to sell burgers. And that's not being unreasonable.

Hindus are tolerant and mix with Christians in the US. Christians in India also mix with Hindus.

Islam is something different, remember -- that's the only bit the author got correct.