Monday, September 26, 2011

Period G- Hinduism

DUE WEDNESDAY, SEPT 28 by MIDNIGHT

Part 1- What are the FIVE most interesting,fascinating, surprising, and/or shocking things you have learned about Hinduism.

Part 2- What questions do you still have about Hinduism?

Part 3- Respond to at least TWO of your classmates’ posts in the following ways

-comment on what they found most interesting/surprising/shocking
or
-answer the questions they posted.
or
-ask a follow-up question to a classmates' post

Please note
*Only provide answers to your classmates’ questions when you are fairly confident you know the answer
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23 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    1 thing that i thought was very interesting was that some people were treated so badly because of their caste.

    Why were they?

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  2. Aine FSeptember 26, 2011 at 12:01 PM

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  3. Mary CSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Part 1: 5 facts
    1. It was very interesting that they some communities look down upon inter-caste marriages.
    2. It was surprising that some people were killed because of who they were in love with.
    3. It was shocking that some peoples' own family members killed eachother because they were so ashamed of them.
    4. It is interesting that they bathe in the Ganges river, since it is so gross.
    5. It is fascinating that Hinduism does not have one single creator.

    Part 2: Questions
    What has the Indian government done to help keep inter-caste marriages safe?
    Do the Hindhu people ever get sick from bathing in the Ganges?

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  4. MillerMSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Intersting Facts:
    1: I found it interesting that the Hindus have more than one holy book unlike Christians or Muslims only have one.
    2: It is suprising that the in some towns in India they would kill their sons and daughters for Inter-Caste relationships.
    3: It was depresing that the Hindus would treat a lower caste level like the Untouchables so bladly just because their place in a religion.
    4: It was amazing that they made a 200,000 line poem which must of take generations to make.
    5: I found it interesting that they bathed in the Ganged River even though it had sewer pipes running into it and they didn't get sick.

    Question Answer for "Why were they?"
    They were treated so badly because the Hindus belive that they did bad in another life so they were punished in the life they were living so they wanted to help punish them and they thoght of them as lesser people.

    Questoion(s):
    How many holy books are there in the Hindu religion?

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  5. Mary CSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Miller- I agree that it is amazing that they made such a long poem. I can't believe they would work so hard on that because it took so long and had numerous authors. How would they decide who would write it?

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  6. seamus nSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    5 facts.
    1. interesting People were discrciminated by thier caste
    2. shocking Inter-caste marriage was not aloud / lead to death
    3. suprising The untouchables no one could touch worse lives
    4.fascinating is that preist were the highest in the caste
    5. Shocking that they took the caste system very seriously.

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  7. MillerMSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    Answer to Mary C's questions:
    1:The gouvernment has punished people for killing and descrimination of lower caste people.
    2:They often do not get sick from bathing in the Ganges because over the years they build up immunities from the sicknesses in the river.

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  8. seamus nSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    miller - for the ganges river i also dont see how they dont get sick when that water is nasty and they drink it? i dont get it

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  9. Mary CSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    seamus n- I also found it fascinatiing that the priests were the highest in the castes, because over time things have changed so much. Now, the government has power over the priests.

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  10. seamus nSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    miller- i see how they got immune to it but they never get sick a couples times?

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  11. henrywSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Henry Wells- Entry 1- 9/26/11

    - I dont agree with the cast system because i would'nt want to be labeles as a certain group.

    - i find it unfair that it is improper to be in an inter caste relationship

    - i foud it interesting that the inter caste relationship ppl didnt run away from their village

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  12. MillerMSeptember 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Responding to seamus n: I agree that its shocking that they take the caste system so seriously that they would kill other people for caste related problems.

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  13. ricardo j.September 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    fact
    1.people judge you by your caste
    2.they thought that the ganges river was like spirit water
    3.their books are one of the oldest book
    4.people also killed their family members if they married someone from another caste
    5.they believe in more than one god or goddesses

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  14. henrywSeptember 27, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    i would like to know more about the holidays hindhu's celebrate, they look very colorful and festive

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  15. henrywSeptember 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    ricardo i also find it interesting that the ganges river is sacred it is also surprising that they empty sewage into the river also.

    why would you want to dump sewage into something so sacred

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  16. henrywSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    miller#3 i also think that is unfair to treat untouchables so badly

    they are people too

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  17. henrywSeptember 27, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    - i thought that the people would get sick in the ganges

    - i also found it interesting that people from other castes treat each other like brothers and sisters

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Part One
    -I thought the whole cast system was very interesting.
    -I found it shocking that some towns in India would kill there own family sense they were ashamed that they fell in love with someone of another caste.
    -It was fascinating that they made a 200,000 thousand line poem
    -Its amazing that they bathe in the Ganges river, they find it purifies them but it is actually very dirty and used for many other things like bathing and drinking water.
    -Its interesting that Hinduism has no single creator.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Part Two
    -I still don't understand how families could kill one of there family members because they fell in love with someone of another caste.
    -Why did the untouchables let people treat them so bady,I understand that it was the caste system but why didnt they stick up for themselves?

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  20. molly mOctober 2, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    PART 1 (5 interesting/shocking facts):

    1. hindus bathe in the Ganges River
    2. you can't change your caste
    3. inter-caste marriages are forbidden
    4. your family/ village members can be so embarrassed by you that they will kill you
    5. hindus believe in one god that takes many forms

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  21. molly mOctober 2, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    PART 2 (questions):

    1. how could people be enough embarrassed by their own family loving someone from a different caste to kill them?
    2. why is the caste system so intensely followed by hindus when its so wrong to treat people based on what group they were born into?

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  22. molly mOctober 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    PART 3 (comments):

    1. (mary) I also wonder if people get sick from bathing in the Ganges River
    2. (miller) i also find it interesting that hindus have more than 1 holy book

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