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how to they keep their membership so high if there is no recruitment

You forgot the episode where they did a cross section of the earth and past the crust, magma etc, there was a giant Shiva sitting in the core, in what looked like a control room, pushing a bunch of buttons with his multiple arms.

As for membership being high....2 reasons. 1) Breed them and brainwash them ( do you know what the population of India is? Not the mention the reach of the Indian diaspora globally. They're everywhere. ). 2) Flexibility. Nobody stops being a Hindu because you don't have to. Don't want to be a vegetarian? Eat meat. Love the taste of Cow? No worries, you can give it up next lifetime. There is a facet of hinduism that meets whatever your level of commitment is. Don't even want to pray? Just do good works instead. Work is literally Worship. Your faith, your call.

The caste system is an Indian socio economic thing not really a Hindu thing. Same for burning widows. Husbands family don't want the financial burden of looking after her so they toss her on the fire too.

The one thing all religions have in common is that the scriptures were written by men, who twisted things and made things up to suit their own purposes. God didn't write anything. Men did and said that it's what God told them. Maybe God did, but do you really know for sure?

Hold on, hold on here.... A religion that doesn't dictate how I live my life and just asks, worst case level, that I be a good person? It doesn't impose its way of life on others and doesn't even require me to use one of my weekly days off in a church? I'm sorry, but such a good thing can't quite possibly exist. Take your mumbo jumbo elsewhere, cuz that sh*t don't fly here.

And here goes another thread that begin innocently and ends with flaming.

I don't understand why the hell Rick allows this crap to continue.

Because it's a fascinating topic of conversation. Everyone wonders and wants to know what happens when this story ends.

Is death a reality? Or is consciousness actually a separate entity from the brain that can exist after the neurological impulses in said brain cease?

One makes a little more sense than the other to me - but heck... I've not died yet to report back. When I do, I'll be sure to post it on the villager!

I do however believe that energy can not be destroyed and anything that posses it will transfer to perhaps one of the sopossed five dimensions.

For the individuals that are not educated in Catholicism, this religion does NOT accept homosexuality. Therefore, this Pope is correct with his beliefs. If he believed in homosexually and gay marriage then it would be contradictory to the Roman Catholic beliefs.
Please do not try to start a debate about this religion. The beauty of this world is that you are free to believe in any religion you choose. Therefore, if a religion does not "suit you", move on and find one that does. No need to stir up crap this early in the morning. Seriously!