For people who do not know much about Hinduism here is a good description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism .
Its a mish- mash of many different rituals, cultures, superstitions etc..... so basically you can believe in anything and still be a hindu. My mother for example has a statue of mary and jesus along with some other hindu gods.
Well, there is even something called as atheism in Hindusim.
Dharmakirti, a 7th century buddhist philosopher deeply influenced by cārvāka philosophy, wrote in Pramanvartik:[5]
वेद प्रामाण्यं कस्य चित् कर्तृवादः स्नाने धर्मेच्छा जातिवादाव लेपः|
संतापारंभः पापहानाय चेति ध्वस्तप्रज्ञानां पञ्च लिङगानि जाड्ये||
Believing that the Veda are standard (holy or divine), believing in a Creator for the world,
Bathing in holy waters for gaining punya, having pride (vanity) about one's caste,
Performing penance to absolve sins,
Are the five symptoms of having lost one's sanity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_in_HinduismWell unfortunately the above philosophy is not so prevalent.
" By virtue of being old, nothing necessarily is good; nor is anything unacceptable by virtue of being new; The wise accept only after examining, while the fools go by others' understanding."
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