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RE:It should never happen again
by Bilal M Akhtar on Aug 11, 2008 04:10 PM

Why waste money on idol worship and raise a central force for it when it is not a part of Hindu religion.
Please read this extract from Hindu scripture:
Bhagwad Geeta
The most popular among all the Hindu scriptures is the Bhagwad Geeta.
Consider the following verse from the Geeta :
Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender
unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship
according to their own natures.
[Bhagwad Geeta chapter 7 verse 20 (B.G. 7:20)]
The Geeta is referring to people who are materialistic and therefore
worship demigods i.e. besides the True God.
Upanishads:
The upanishads are also considered sacred scriptures by the Hindus.
Consider the following verses from the Upanishads :
i) Ekam evaditiyam
"He is One only without a second"
[Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1]1
ii) Consider again, the following verses from the Upanishads :
Na casya kasuj janita na cadhipah.
"Of Him there are neither parents nor Lord"
[Svetasavatara Upanishad 6,9] [ 2part II page 263.]
iii) Consider the following verses from the Upanishads :
Na tasya pratima asti
(There is no likeness of Him.)
[Svetasvatara Upanishad chapter 4:19]
Nainam urdhvam na tiryancam na madhye na parijagrabhat
na tasy pratime asti yasya nama mahad yasah. 3
"There is no likeness of Him whose name is great glory".3
[The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan pg 736 & 737]
[Sacred Books of the East, volume 15, the Upanish

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