Content deleted Content added
Line 425:
[[Raj2004]]
:[[Mythology]]. Have a look at [[Sumerian king list]]: Do you seriously suggest we edit every historical article on WP for the fact that there is a sumerian POV that claims their kings have reigned some 500,000 years etc.? If we have not contemporary source, we can claim our ignorance. Sure, we can write: possibly, humanity was entirely monotheistic in 35,360 BC, but monotheism died out everywhere except in Harappa, so that to historians it looks as if monotheism was only "emerging" around 1000 BC. ;) sorry, no offense. let's just keep this section simple. If you like, we can phrase it like "historians believe" or something similarly weasly. [[User:Dbachmann|dab]] 16:07, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Ok, Dab but to say monotheism in Hinduism is 2000 years is too short. I would state an age of 3000-3500 years old and you can conclude that some historians believe it may have existed longer. If you can find the age of shri rudram and gayatri mantra that might help. I say 3500 years because Vishnu sahasranama that states vishnu is the supreme brahman comes from the Mahabharata and Mahabharata can be dated to 3500 years ago.
The begining lines of Vishnu sahasranama is "Who ("kim") is the greatest ("ekam") Lord ("daivatam") in the world ("loke")?
Who is the one ("ekam") refuge ("paraayanam") for all?
By glorifying ("sthuvantah") whom ("kam") can man ("manavah") reach the Auspiciousness ("shubam") (peace and prosperity)?
By worshipping ("archantah") whom can a man reach
auspiciousness (peace and prosperity)?" Yudhistra's question to Bhisma
As for mythology, Western scientists discounted the recently discovered hobbit man as a myth or legend until they found evidence. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3948165.stm
so I found to call everything mythlogy insulting.
[[Raj2004]]
== Dispute header ==
| |||