Hinduism...

Mulling over a friend's post which eulogizes Hinduism, from the point of view of a westerner.
And the immediate vituperative response it elicits from, how shall I say it, Hinduism bashers?
Hindus are dictated, to go read their own Vedas and other ancient/holy texts.
Why?
Not to glean the best of their essence, but so that we can hang our heads in shame.
And be ashamed of our roots.

To such I would say, stop with your well oiled,(as in well financed),  vastly powerful proselytizing machinery and machinations.
And hang your own heads in shame.
Books are storehouses of knowledge, treasure from another time and place.
However flawed they may be, if your only purpose in reading them is to negate, disprove and mock, (After carefully culling out a chosen section, then parading it out of context), then you're lettered yet illiterate.
You're homo sapiens but not human.
And baby however religious and pious you are,
You're neither Spiritual nor a Humanist.

A footnote:
I find parts of The Holy Bible, "tripping the light and the fantastic", but my Hindu upbringing has taught me, to revere and extract its core of goodness. Not Mock and bash up a book.

I teach my sons from it, quote it, and shed my tears at the feet of the Madonna and her son.
And I challenge all who proselytize, if I meet him, He won't deny me, even if I'm in saffron garbs and rudraksha.