Why hindu believe in idol ?
Hinduism is atheistic at the core. There is no personified God. However, not all start with a deep enough level of spirituality. To bring up the level of their spirituality Hinduism permits various methods of worship. Even when we worship God in an idol, there is a procedure to be followed. The idol is just clay, stone, metal or a print on paper. What a Hindu does is to purify himself externally, purify the mind of thoughts and invite the Supreme Consciousness to come and occupy the idol as a focus point for receiving the worship. Only after this invocation does the idol become an object of worship. After the ritual, God is asked to go back into the Infinite leaving the idol back as just clay, stone, metal or a print on paper. Also God has no form, gender or attributes. The devotee just likes to worship that Infinite in the form of human male or female or any kind of form. All Hindus always refer to God in the neutral as That or It. We do not believe in any idol. It is a gross misconce
Hindus will believe in anything. They believe cows are sacred but in Hindustan where Hindus live it is the pigs that do all the dirty work because they clean up after the Hindus have finished their morning business of emptying their bowels on the side of the road. Hindus are guided everyday by astrologers and they never have to use their brains at all..the astrologers do it for them. Basically Hindus have it easy because their religion allows them to be mean to one another and some Hindus are not even allowed into the temples and some are made to use separate plates and cups and dishes in an eatery and after they finish they are expected to wash them (the utensils)and place them in a separate rack for use when they come in again. In the old days and even today a widow is not allowed to take part in family functions. These unfortunate women are regarded as being cursed and bringing ill luck. I could go on and on about this wonderful religion because I live among them and truthfully I am
