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How would one translate the word ‘God’ into, say, Sanskrit?

By hipkapi October 1, 2017 Balagangadhara, basics, erudition, God, Satan(Devil), translation

Here is the question: How would one translate the word ‘God’ into, say, Sanskrit? Now, the answer has to satisfy certain conditions because the question also meets certain conditions. Let…

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Religious Intolerance and Believers

By hipkapi March 25, 2014 Balagangadhara, Christianity, God, Satan(Devil), tolerance

There are two distinct problems: one involving religions (like Christianity, Judaism and Islam) and the other involving the believers. Regarding these three religions: (a) insofar as these religions (Judaism, Christianity…

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Devil worship in ‘Hinduism’

By hipkapi March 25, 2014 Balagangadhara, Christianity, God, Satan(Devil), tolerance

Here goes: that ‘Hindu’ religion is devil’s worship is central, crucial and vital to the religions that Judaism, Christianity and Islam are. ‘Why is that?’, you may ask. It is…

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Belief vs Faith

By hipkapi March 24, 2014 atheism, Balagangadhara, belief, Christianity, faith, God, Satan(Devil), tolerance

(a) It appears to me that in these discussions, a very vital issue (if we want to talk about Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and their ‘problems’ with ‘Hinduism’, etc) is…

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Creation: Spontaneous or Intentional

By hipkapi October 24, 2011 action, Balagangadhara, colonial consciousness, explanatorily intelligible, God, Satan(Devil), Indian traditions, translation

If we want to grasp the nature of the discussions in the Indian traditions, there is much we need to do beforehand: (a) identify the entity they were talking about;…

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God, Devil (Satan), and Polytheism

By hipkapi March 2, 2011 Balagangadhara, God, Satan(Devil), puja, worship

It is true that the modern Jewish thought, which is more influenced by the Rabbinic than by apocalyptic or Qumranic literature, places less emphasis on the Devil. Rabbinic Judaism was…

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