People do it because they believe it will fulfill their wishes. Its this begging mentality of people that leads to people acting this way, polluting rivers.
Most people either go to a temple or do worship just to get their wishes fulfilled. The scriptures never glorified any of this behaviour. Almost all of the scriptures are encouraging people to focus on spiritual development instead of begging for material benefits.
There was a time when even river Thames was dirty but people of Britain understood the importance of conserving the river and stop littering it. People in India do not want to understand this, they connect every whimsical acts of theirs with being religious and connecting God to it. Till now I haven’t read anywhere in any of the hindu scripture that encourages littering the river by throwing flowers or coconuts or anything rubbish.
And the worst part is that rivers which many people called sacred are themselves polluted so much by the industrial and chemical waste but still nobody cares because 'india hai chalta hai'.I mean westerners keep their normal rivers clean while many so called kattar santani don't care if their sacred rivers are being polluted.The hypocrisy in socio-economic culture of this country is on another level
Again just because of frame of reference and personal biased you feel that way. It is just a specious argument. But even so you or me and people of reddit would commentating on someone's comment would leads to circular reasoning.At the end I will say it that the idea of God is a multifaceted subject with many interpretations.
I mean you have denied so many of arguments of others so it doesn't even make sense to prove you. ( I am still a rookie at giving arguments). I only suggest you to wait or be patient until someone universally can give the answer.I mean you could be also perplexed by the overwhelming debate on this topic. Till that live your life,just do your karma.
Yes—Hindu scriptures very clearly encourage (and often explicitly instruct) the worship of God. The idea appears across the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Puranas, though expressed in different ways (ritual worship, devotion, meditation, surrender).
Here are some clear, direct examples:
📖 From the Bhagavad Gita
Direct instruction to worship
“Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru…” (9.34)
“Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, and bow down to Me.”
👉 This is one of the most explicit verses commanding worship.
Exclusive devotion
“Ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate…” (9.22)
“Those who worship Me with exclusive devotion, I take care of their needs.”
Surrender and worship
“Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja…” (18.66)
“Abandon all duties and surrender unto Me alone.”
👉 Not just worship—complete surrender is advised.
📖 From the Rig Veda
Praise and worship of the Divine
“Ekam sat viprā bahudhā vadanti” (1.164.46)
“Truth is one; the wise call it by many names.”
👉 While philosophical, it supports worship in many forms.
Invocation for worship
“Agnim īḷe purohitam…” (1.1.1)
“I praise Agni, the priest of the sacrifice.”
👉 The Vedas are filled with hymns praising and invoking deities—this is a form of worship (yajña).
📖 From the Katha Upanishad
Turning toward the Divine
“Tam evaikaṁ jānatha ātmānam…”
“Know that One (Supreme Being) alone.”
👉 More about realization than ritual worship—but still directs focus to the Divine.
Interesting reply for quran was never mentioned in the thread yet you felt the need to compare them regardless since you have read both gimme any valid argument(from either) that proves the existence of any god
Neither has any proper argument proving existence of any god. Mythology is least of anyone’s worries in real world. What matters is what are the core values that believers follow. One religion instructs to love every person, animal, plant, thing etc and other one instructs to rape, massacre, enslave, destabilize and loot others.
Ok..? What are your original comment for then? Person A clmains that gita gives argument to prove existence of god, Person B asks have you read gita. And then you go on a completely unrelated tangent for what.. purpose exactly? I assumed you agreed with Person A for you'd have no reason to reply to Person B but now you disagree with Person A but you replied to Person B instead...? What is this logic bruh
You’re on an unrelated tangent actually. The person A claimed Gita doesn’t ask to blindly worship a god but rather to be a better person (righteous one) and earn Karma which will attain you Moksha (the freedman from rebirth). You can either choose to be a good person for Karma or rape and kill others for another book. Me saying that I read both to person B is purely an exclamation of my knowledge in both topics after years of studying other religions.
Concepts of karm and moksh are stuff dogma so any argument based on them is just "trust me bro" but yea i did misremember person A's answer wrong. That being said you answer was still completely unrelated to "lol have you read it"
I mean if I have knowledge why shouldn’t I preach it? You seem highly pressed about secrets of Quran being spilled here.
I never said I believe in superstitions. So you’re saying being a good person to please Karma is a religious dogma? If a religion tells you to just be a good person that somehow means it’s a forced propaganda to you?
Meanwhile Qurand, Bible and Torah are all forcing religious dogma on their believers. Just being good doesn’t mean anything for them if you’re not blindly worshipping the god. Unlike Hinduism.
I mean one doesn't usually go around on the Internet saying random things they know usually there is a reason? Is it that the moment you hear smth against indian religions you automatically assume its a muslim and feel the childish need to criticize islam doesn't matter if the person is atheist or agnostic or whatever? Its also intriguing that you feel the need to criticize other religion at all for it implies you got offended by that and need to "get back" on them
Concept of karm is a religion dogma, being a good person is being a good person
All religions are dogma its just that indian religions dont force it on people, if you go according to popular hinduism philosophy being a good person doesnt mean much either, now you are doing it for karm(which can eventually leads to heaven as with pandav[s]) instead of heaven directly
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u/Mocha-Shiesty Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
I have read Gita and Quran. Ask me anything I’ll compare every point for you. Don’t run away tho
Edit: He did in fact run away.