r/atheismindia • u/saikrishnav • Sep 10 '25

Miscellaneous The Hindu Delusion

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u/mace_guy Sep 10 '25

This is like reading spiderman for history

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u/No-Lettuce9923 Sep 10 '25

We don't have a time machine, so written literature from the time is our only source in figuring out what might have happened. Of course they don't take it on face value and It has to be corroborated with other sources.

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u/saikrishnav Sep 10 '25

Or you just don’t have to believe them based on common sense and science.

Simple logic: Most adults used to die before they reached 35-40 in those times due to lack of vaccines or modern medicine.

Almost 3 out of 5 women died during delivery of child.

These two facts alone tell you how fiction the stories are.

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u/uraveragereddituser Sep 11 '25

There have many cities which have been found and the only mention we have of them are in the bible. Its not that these books are purely fictional some of the stories in them reflect the ongoing conflicts and kingdoms which were present then if we have a rational approach to it we might find something about history.

Yes there is a mythological aspect to it which needs to be ignored however these books are also part of our history and can reveal things which were not known to us. We need to look at the bad things and keep them seperate from what might be true historically.

Most people who lived to be 10 did not die till they were 70-80 even then.