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**BegeMoT** · 09-23-2011, 09:28 AM

Nacchi,
I like your avatar very much, I used to have Durga face mask like that, with puja approaching it makes me nostalgic.

When I posted the original message, I was not proposing a name change of the religion. First of all my personal religion is a derivation of this so called "Hindu" religion. I follow some of the principles of Hindu Religion, but to me our religion is like a super market. We choose what we want, and leave the rest. Even Agnostics can claim to be a Hindu. Whole humanity, or even entire living world can claim to be Hindu. So how do you convert out/ or convert to Hinduism. Philosophically why do I need to convert. People convert for socio-economic reason. In the west sometimes even before marriage they decide as to which religion they are going to raise their children in.
I have no money riding on the outcome of the name for the religion. My posting was mainly to inquire as to how other Hindus (mainly NRI) express their religion to people who are not Indians.

09-23-2011, 09:28 AM	#34
BegeMoT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	Nacchi, I like your avatar very much, I used to have Durga face mask like that, with puja approaching it makes me nostalgic. When I posted the original message, I was not proposing a name change of the religion. First of all my personal religion is a derivation of this so called "Hindu" religion. I follow some of the principles of Hindu Religion, but to me our religion is like a super market. We choose what we want, and leave the rest. Even Agnostics can claim to be a Hindu. Whole humanity, or even entire living world can claim to be Hindu. So how do you convert out/ or convert to Hinduism. Philosophically why do I need to convert. People convert for socio-economic reason. In the west sometimes even before marriage they decide as to which religion they are going to raise their children in. I have no money riding on the outcome of the name for the religion. My posting was mainly to inquire as to how other Hindus (mainly NRI) express their religion to people who are not Indians.
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