shiv
2012-01-10 03:10:22

“If Hindus never colonized then why is Bali Hindu and why was Java Hindu?” -

No sir, you are wrong.Read the history , you will know why you are wrong.Hindusim spread to Bali because of the trade, it spread extensively in Indonesis but by then trade again converted many in Indonesia to Islam.The spread of Islam in Indonesia was never violent , hence the reason why even today many Indonesian muslims can recite Ramayana better than many Hindu Indians.When religon spread on its own accord, there is very little skirmish.Hindus believe all invocation to lord Almighty be it Jesus or Allah or Rama or Siva leads the believer to the same path.He is present in all forms and manner.as a Hindu, it is also perfectly acceptable not to believe in HIM, so long the tenets of peaceful co existence is followed.This plurality of thought in Hindusim reduced unnecessary wars,plunder,destruction and decimation in preIslamic India.The Hindu thought process however changed once they came under occupation which is a sad story indeed.