{"id":6154,"date":"2018-05-27T01:57:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2018-06-07T20:23:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T10:23:39","slug":"are-westerners-stealing-hindu-gods-not-all-hindus-are-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/are-westerners-stealing-hindu-gods-not-all-hindus-are-indians\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Westerners stealing Hindu Gods &#8211; Not all Hindus are Indians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"wide-heading\">\n<div class=\"by-line clearfix post-meta\">\n<div class=\"pull-left\">MAY 22, 2018 BY&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/samudra\/author\/matmcdermott\/\">MAT MCDERMOTT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-2 hidden-xs\">\n<div class=\"path-affix\" data-ux-module=\"components\/Affix\" data-ux-state=\"pending\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing boxed\" data-ux-module=\"components\/SocialShareBar\" data-ux-state=\"pending\" data-ux-args=\"{&quot;mobileOnly&quot;:false,&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;facebook&quot;,&quot;shareId&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.patheos.com\\\/blogs\\\/samudra\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/interviews-with-non-indian-hindus-ram-goodman\\\/&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"icons\">\n<div class=\"pw-server-widget\" data-id=\"wid-2qdn4u1f\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/samudra\/2018\/05\/interviews-with-non-indian-hindus-ram-goodman\/\" data-via=\"matmcdermott\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nativo-thin-container\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"col-sm-10\">\n<div class=\"main-post\">\n<div class=\"story-block\" data-ux-module=\"components\/PostContent\" data-ux-state=\"pending\" data-ux-args=\"{&quot;Config&quot;:{}}\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><i>The phenomenon of non-Indians adopting Hinduism is not new. However, the stories of how individuals came to the religion have not been regularly recorded. I hope to rectify that by time to time publishing interviews with those people who weren\u2019t raised Hindu but now publicly identify as such, in the hopes of shedding some light on what drew them to Sanatana Dharma. By Mat McDermott<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Click below to read their stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/samudra\/2018\/05\/interviews-with-non-indian-hindus-ram-goodman\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=BRSS&amp;utm_campaign=Hindu&amp;utm_content=828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Click here to read more &#8230;.]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAY 22, 2018 BY&nbsp;MAT MCDERMOTT &nbsp; &nbsp; The phenomenon of non-Indians adopting Hinduism is not new. 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