Re: There is no Idol Worship in Hinduism
I don't care to comment on if indeed Hindus are idol worshippers or not...I'd gather that the nuance and sophistication of thought on the matter varies greatly, as we could expect among members of any other faith on religious nuances.
But, it is an unusual optic for one to proclaim to be worshiping one God but praying to to idols, each of which has a distinct appearance, and a distinct anthropomorphized persona.
The problem I have here, in terms of understanding, is how can we distinguish between these idols being aspects of God, and God in fact being a composite entity formed from multiple demi-Gods, or sub-deities (which would NOT be monotheism)?