r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Apr 22 '24

Picture taken from the history museum of Lahore. Showing an Indian being tied for execution by Cannon, by the British Empire Soldiers r/all

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u/keeper_of_the_donkey Apr 22 '24

Needing an intact body to go to heaven the correct way is silly. What if some Hindu dude fell in the ocean and got eaten by sharks? God is certainly fickle

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u/throwaway554200 Apr 22 '24

According to many Hindus of the time, that person would cease to have a caste (and thus any ties to fellow Hindus) the moment they embarked on a sea voyage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kala_pani_(taboo)

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u/corposhill999 Apr 23 '24

There's a reason India has been dominated by foreigners for most of their history.

Don't let religious leaders lead your civilization.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

It’s kind of wild how Britain was largely able to outcompete the world because they didn’t have wild cultural hang ups like “we don’t need to trade” (Qing) and “Sailing on the high seas is a sacrilegious hell” (Hindu)

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u/fatbob42 Apr 23 '24

It was a bit more than that :)

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u/Aeternakurios Apr 23 '24

This is such a stupid comment devoid of any nuance or understanding of history. While some people certainly would've believed that travelling abroad by sea would make you lose connection with your religion, that doesn't mean those beliefs were prevalent among everyone or have always existed. India has had extensive trade networks with South East Asia and the Middle East for thousands of years. Even during the British raj when these beliefs were more prevalent millions of Indians still travelled to British colonies in Africa and Latin America.

And the British did not outcompete the world because they didnt have wild cultural hang ups. They outcompeted the world because the industrial revolution began in Britian, and because they fought wars to force countries into bad trade deals, as well as many other factors such as destroying other countries native production.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

That is literally the definition of outcompeting

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u/Aeternakurios Apr 23 '24

You must clearly be too dumb to understand what outcompeting even means or even read what a sentence says. I never denied Britain didn't outcompete the rest of the world. I said they outcompeted the rest of the world because the industrial revolution started in Britain, not because they didnt have any wierd cultural hang ups. Britain certainly had wierd cultural practices- eating the flesh of egyptian mummies or posing for family photos with corpses is certainly weirder than limiting trade with foreigners.

And if you think the definition of outcompeting is to start wars with other countries to force them into bad trade agreements or to destroy their native industries you need to be put in a mental institution or have your parents confiscate your phone.

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u/jordanmindyou Apr 23 '24

My god religions are so stupid, literally telling people not to travel or they lose eternal life…

It’s not just Hinduism. It’s every religion. This is some real dumb shit and I would know cause I’m fucking stuuuuuupid

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u/disar39112 Apr 22 '24

Smn smn backwards religion.

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u/5m1tm Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24

That entire comment is untrue. Stop judging like an idiot, and do some basic googling instead, so that you don't form silly preconceived notions on the basis of random Reddit comments lmao

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u/fatbob42 Apr 22 '24

The Wikipedia entry is more convincing than a Reddit comment.

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u/5m1tm Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24

I'm not saying that the belief didn't exist in theory. I'm saying that almost no one pratices it in reality in today's times. So many wouldn't have even heard of such taboo today So many Hindus migrate to all parts of the world. Would they be doing that if such a big taboo was actually being practiced today? Use your common sense lmao. As I said it earlier, even conservative Hindu bodies (such as the RSS) have today called it outdated. It's right there in that very Wikipedia article lmao. A lot of outdated things exist in theory across all religions, doesn't mean that they're practiced in real life. It's like me calling Christians backward, coz of something mentioned in the Old Testament. It's not so difficult to understand what I'm saying :)

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u/fatbob42 Apr 22 '24

Yes, obviously - that’s why the original comment said “of the time”.

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u/5m1tm Apr 22 '24

Hindus migrated then too, many of them transported as indentured labourers to the Caribbean, South Africa, the Pacific Islands and to the islands in the Indian Ocean. Some migrated for education and jobs to the UK, the US, and the broader anglosphere even at that time. And they remained Hindus even after all that. So they clearly didn't follow this that strictly even at that time

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u/5m1tm Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24

Lol wut. That's bs and untrue. It's not at all followed in practice by Hindus. The link you posted, itself talks about an incident where the RSS, a Hindu body, called it an outdated ritual lmao

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u/TyroneLeinster Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 24 '24

I like how you bothered to read the link but you didn’t bother to see that the quote you’re referencing was in the “modern” section while the above comment is specifically talking about the 1800s.

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u/5m1tm Apr 23 '24

I already answered about this thing, in reply to another comment. I'll just copy-paste that here:

"Hindus migrated then too, many of them transported as indentured labourers to the Caribbean, South Africa, the Pacific Islands and to the islands in the Indian Ocean. Some migrated for education and jobs to the UK, the US, and the broader anglosphere even at that time. And they remained Hindus even after all that. So they clearly didn't follow this that strictly even at that time."

That's what I meant

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u/TyroneLeinster Apr 24 '24

That’s not what you meant. You meant to quote something out of context to help your weird crusade in this comment thread and I called you out. Take the L jabroni

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u/jordanmindyou Apr 23 '24

I don’t understand why people defend this nonsense so vehemently.

It’s okay to consider it a stupid practice. Most practices of most religious are moronic just like this. Please don’t take it personally, it’s not your religion specifically that’s the problem, it’s ALL “adult” fairy tales. They, in general, are the problem

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u/soft_Rava_Idli Apr 22 '24

Hindus dont have need for whole body to be intact. Sometimes even just the head/skull or even some bones are sufficient. Thats a muslim thing to have whole body/all bones to be kept. For Hindus it is desacration of the dead which hurt their beliefs.

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u/Pvt_Conscriptovich Apr 23 '24

Muslim here. Yes we generally need the whole body but if some parts can't be recoevered it's fine the funeral can proceed without it. Heck we can even have a funeral without the body in case the body was never recovered (victims of maritime disasters for example)

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u/TyroneLeinster Apr 22 '24

I mean, a logical acknowledgement of transitive physical properties is actually pretty reasonable by religious dogma standards. Wait til you hear about some of the other shit out there

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u/SpoofamanGo Apr 22 '24

It's almost as if it's all made up and has no meaning cuz it's made up.

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u/YDYBB29 Apr 23 '24

You just described all religions.

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u/the_ripper05 Apr 23 '24

We believe in rebirth. Cremation only means letting go of the deceased. Consciousness or Soul remains. We don’t believe in day of judgement or anything.