Re: There is no Idol Worship in Hinduism
In its purest form you can think of Hinduism as monotheism (worship of the ultimate divine creator), but I think that fell apart once people started praying to avatars which manifested as aspects of God.
To give it an Islamic twist: imagine if, in the future, muslims started praying to and worshipping each of the 99 names of Allah as though they consisted of separate divinities! That sort of thing has happened to Hinduism, as far as I can see…