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I never really understood why other religions existing would bother a polytheistic religion.. It seems their system of believe could accommodate the existence of other deities? Iirc the Romans just incorporated other culture's deities into their own pantheon f.e. Sometimes concluding that it was the same god under a different name, or sometimes adopting it outright.
Or maybe that's not the issue and it's more of a holy turf war?
Yes, Romans got along with Christians. They even allowed people to worship the god Mithra, even though that was the god of their enemies, The Persians. Mithraism was huge in Rome at one point. Christians would try to break statues of Greco-Roman gods being disrespectful in society. There were some Roman Emperors who were suspicious of Christians and didn't like them, but eventually Christians were able to take over Rome, and then Christians killed people who disagreed with them through things like Theodosian Codes.
Jewish people also didn't believe in the divinity of the emperor, and yet Judaism became a legalized religion in Rome before Christianity. Eventually, Rome also legalized Christianity and forced it on Rome and many non-Christians were killed through Theodosian Codes.
Judaism was somewhat respected and tolerated by Romans because it was ancient religion predating Romans. Most importantly Jews kept to themselves and didn't proselytize. At most Jewish rebels would break off one province. Christianity was a systematic threat to the Empire and eventually it did destabilize the Empire and took over.
Christianity was a useful tool for the elites, which is why they made laws such as Thodosian Codes to try to force its rules on everyone by threat of a death penalty and destroy Roman culture. Even after The Fall of Rome, European kings saw how useful it was for controlling the less educated, and those who were educated enough to what was going on, could be called "heretics" or "blasphemers".
The Bible promotes authoritarianism and nationalism (in favor of Israel but people can be manipulated into thinking it's really about their country, or that they are the "real" Israel).
I'm not sure what Hindu religious scriptures the followers of Hindutva are following, but in The Bhagvad Gita, Krishna says he is the supreme god and he has infinite manifestations and even those who worship other gods worship him:
"*O son of Kunti, even those devotees who faithfully worship other gods also worship Me. But they do so by the wrong method. *" - Bhagavad Gita 9:23
"Others, engaging in the yajña of cultivating knowledge, worship Me by many methods. Some see Me as undifferentiated oneness that is non-different from them, while others see Me as separate from them. Still others worship Me in the infinite manifestations of My cosmic form. " - Bhagavad Gita 9:15
Bhagavad Gita also sems to say that you don't have to follow everything it says, and that you can ponder over it and decide for yourself:
"Thus, I have explained to you this knowledge that is more secret than all secrets. Ponder over it deeply, and then do as you wish." - Bhagavad Gita
I'm not sure what verses fom Hindu religious scriptures, Hindutva followers are using to try to justify forcing people to worship in one way.
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I never really understood why other religions existing would bother a polytheistic religion.. It seems their system of believe could accommodate the existence of other deities? Iirc the Romans just incorporated other culture's deities into their own pantheon f.e. Sometimes concluding that it was the same god under a different name, or sometimes adopting it outright.
Or maybe that's not the issue and it's more of a holy turf war?
Monotheist religions claim their gods are false, so obviously it bothers them.
Did Romans go along well with Christians?
Yes, Romans got along with Christians. They even allowed people to worship the god Mithra, even though that was the god of their enemies, The Persians. Mithraism was huge in Rome at one point. Christians would try to break statues of Greco-Roman gods being disrespectful in society. There were some Roman Emperors who were suspicious of Christians and didn't like them, but eventually Christians were able to take over Rome, and then Christians killed people who disagreed with them through things like Theodosian Codes.
Romans didn't go along with Christians because they refused to acknowledge the divinity of the Emperor which was basically treason.
Jewish people also didn't believe in the divinity of the emperor, and yet Judaism became a legalized religion in Rome before Christianity. Eventually, Rome also legalized Christianity and forced it on Rome and many non-Christians were killed through Theodosian Codes.
Judaism was somewhat respected and tolerated by Romans because it was ancient religion predating Romans. Most importantly Jews kept to themselves and didn't proselytize. At most Jewish rebels would break off one province. Christianity was a systematic threat to the Empire and eventually it did destabilize the Empire and took over.
Christianity was a useful tool for the elites, which is why they made laws such as Thodosian Codes to try to force its rules on everyone by threat of a death penalty and destroy Roman culture. Even after The Fall of Rome, European kings saw how useful it was for controlling the less educated, and those who were educated enough to what was going on, could be called "heretics" or "blasphemers".
The Bible promotes authoritarianism and nationalism (in favor of Israel but people can be manipulated into thinking it's really about their country, or that they are the "real" Israel).
I'm not sure what Hindu religious scriptures the followers of Hindutva are following, but in The Bhagvad Gita, Krishna says he is the supreme god and he has infinite manifestations and even those who worship other gods worship him:
Bhagavad Gita also sems to say that you don't have to follow everything it says, and that you can ponder over it and decide for yourself:
I'm not sure what verses fom Hindu religious scriptures, Hindutva followers are using to try to justify forcing people to worship in one way.
Looks like the security seems to not give a shiat at all. Hell, they were probably in on it as well.
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