Respect of Women

[The_Player]

Re: Respect of Women

@psyah

You miss my point … if going to jail can neither been conclusively seen as bad or good karma - then how do you define good or bad?

For example: If a woman were to have several husbands is that a result of good or bad karma?

Is it respectful for a woman to have many husbands beyond having just the one? Is that respect coming with a price or is respect given regardless. A woman figure may be a deity she is worshipped for that - is that respect given to her for being a deity or for being a woman?

I think you missed the point, psyah. Let me repeat - going to jail is not karma. It is the result of *karma. *One may not get the result of a bad karma immediately but is bound to get the result sooner or later. So you may have a situation where a good *karma *is followed by a bad result, leading the simple minded to think that why did I get a bad result for a good *karma. *The Hindu belief is that he bad result is due to a previous bad *karma. *In other words actions and results are not always sequential.

As for your other question, Hinduism does not recommend polygamy. You might say that many Hindus have indulged in polygamy. Thats true, but it was not sanctioned by religion.

@psyah

So far the one area of respect I have seen that is cogent and good is the rank of the mother given in Hinduism … however this does not surpass the Islamic one … for arguments sake let’s say it is the same … what respect for women does Hinduism give above and beyond Islam? I can’t find it.

I do not want to repeat myself again, but Hinduism (unlike Islam) does not treat women as inferior to men and have a separate set of rules for women and men. I have provided examples in my earlier posts.