How many worship the Goddess re: Indians and Meat-eating

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In a message dated 10/6/2004 11:41:23 AM Mountain Daylight Time,

kalipadma writes:

> Worshippers of Vishnu (usually as Krishna or Rama avatars) are almost

> always lacto-vegetarians.  Vishnu worshippers comprise about 45% of all

> Hindus.

>

> Worshippers of Shiva are predominently vegetarians, but will eat lamb,

> goat, fish, or chicken on holidays and for special occasions.  Shiva

> worshippers comprise about 30% of all Hindus.

>

> Shaktas eat much less meat than Westerners tend to, but they do eat meat,

> especially if a goat or chicken has been offered to Kali or Durga at the

> temple.  Shakti worshippers comprise about 15% of all Hindus.

>

What you say below, is like saying  Catholic Churches have a statue of Mary

and

She is the Queen of Heaven;  But it is Father God who is worshipped and Mary,

She is only there as a sideshow. Otherwise it would not say 45% worshp Vishnu

and make a separate category for Shakti worshipers. ???

 

In a message dated 10/6/2004 1:31:44 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

malyavan_tibet writes:

> In india, ALL the shiva or vishnu temples which are consecrated

> acording to the tantric science and built during the reign of Rajas

> have a corresponding feminine diety. In some temples the diety are

> inside the same wall, and in some places outside in some other location.

>

> And most of the festivals, when the temples are separate celebrate

> taking one diety to the another or parading them together.

>

> Please enough of this ignorant statements.

> >

> >So what you're saying, is basically, even in India, land of

> Goddesses, MOST

> >people do not actually worship the Goddess, they worship the male

> Gods.  Vishnu

> >and Shiva as male Gods account for 75% of worhipers -- 75% worship a

> male

> >God, which seems to indicate a preference even in India for the Male

> Face of

> >Dvinity.  So maybe this explains why women are still struggling with

> oppression in

> >that culture.

> >

> >Blessings,