Is Hinduism similar to Judaism a national religion?

[Mortimer]

Unlike Islam for example which is universal mankind is hinduism only for indians/southasians and some southeast asians etc.?

[Fractal]

This should answer your question. I have nothing against Jews, they are highly intelligent. But Judaism has more in common with Islam and Christianity than it does with Hinduism.

[Mortimer]

This should answer your question. I have nothing against Jews, they are highly intelligent. But Judaism has more in common with Islam and Christianity than it does with Hinduism.

i mean only from the national religion perspective. not in other things, of course judaism is a monotheistic abrahamic religion.

[Fractal]

i mean only from the national religion perspective. not in other things, of course judaism is a monotheistic abrahamic religion.

In that case yes it's similar. We also dont try to convert others.

But there are European Jews, American Jews, Slavic Jews, Balkanoid Jews, Persian Jews, Mexican Jews, Morrocan Jews. So I wouldn't call it a national religion.

Hinduism is exclusively in the subcontinent and followed by the Aryan race (South Asians).

[Linebacker]

Judaism is a very evolved religion.Yes in some places there are still more primitive forms of it but Jews as a majority are higher minded folk and they accept Judaism more as a cultural and traditional history book rather than mental obligations and a tool of mass control,like the other two major religions,who are much more backward.

[Óttar]

Sort of. In Greece and Rome, non-Jews became Jews over time by observing Jewish laws and keeping Jewish feasts. There were also semi-Judaized "pagans" ("hypsistists" who identified Zeus with the Hebrew Adonai) in Thrace and other Judaizers throughout the Roman empire.

Invading Iranic "pagans" were offered by a Hindu king to "convert" by adopting some Vedic rituals and prayers, but they declined. Punjabis weren't originally Hindu, same with Bengalis and other Northeasterners.

[Fractal]

Sort of. In Greece and Rome, non-Jews became Jews over time by observing Jewish laws and keeping Jewish feasts. There were also semi-Judaized "pagans" ("hypsistists" who identified Zeus with the Hebrew Adonai) in Thrace and other Judaizers throughout the Roman empire.

Invading Iranic "pagans" were offered by a Hindu king to "convert" by adopting some Vedic rituals and prayers, but they declined. Punjabis weren't originally Hindu, same with Bengalis and other Northeasterners.

Out of the three 3 Abrahamic religions, Judaism is the most evolved as Linebacker stated.

But in the USA, Hindus and Jews are NOTHING alike. Jews are actively involved in politics, the media, entertainment industry (Hollywood), high finance, and the humanities departments in academia.

Indians are politically neutral and a quiet community.

[Arduti]

No

[Fractal]

No

Agreed. Very little in common, if at all.

Jews are an influential, international, high profile group. Indians are reserved and quiet outside of India and don't care about politics like you people do.

[Pigling]

Hinduism is Aryan religion brought from Europe to India.

Sanskrit is more similar to Serbo-Croatian than it's to South Indian Dravidian languages.

There's people of many races that belong to Hinduism.

It's ironic to say Hinduism is monolithic religion because India is multicultural country for millenniums.

It's universal, but have Aryan origins.