UNSCIENTIFIC CLAIMS IN HINDU SCRIPTURES

1. THE EARTH IS FLAT

NARASINGA PURANA - Page 169, Abithana Sinthamani - says that the earth is flat. Today it has been proved beyond doubt by the scientists that the earth is round.


2. DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH, SUN & MOON

VISHNU PURANA says that sun is 800,000 miles and moon is 2,200,000 miles away from the earth respectively. Astronomy has now proved that the moon is nearer to the earth, i.e. 240,000 miles and that the sun in 93,000,000 miles away from the earth.


3. THE AREA OF THE EARTH

MARKANDEYA PURANA says that the earth has an area of 4,000,000,000 square miles. According to astronomy, it is only 190,700,000 square miles.


4. VIBOOTHI (COW DUNG ASH)

The Vedas says that the cow is holy and should be worshiped. The Brahmins also claim that cow dung ash has medicinal value. Samples sent to a leading test laboratory in West Germany have proved this to be untrue. Even today ignorant Hindus smear their homes with cow dung.


5. URINE

The Vedas claims that urine has medicinal value. No scientist have ever claimed that urine has any medicinal value. On the contrary it is well known fact that urine is an unwanted organic substance that the human body need to discharge.


6. SUN WORSHIP

The Vedas and Puranas say that all Hindus must pray to the sun god SURYA, and that if you look at the sun daily every morning with your naked eyes, your sight will improve. Accordingly many Hindus practise this act of worship. There is no scientific truth in sun worship, and on the contrary the scientist and doctors advise everyone not to look at the sun directly with the naked eye.


7. THE RIVER GANGES

Hindus are dumping half-cremated bodies, and the ashes of these corpses, into River Ganges for their salvation as ordered by the Hindu scriptures. This has made the Ganges water polluted and a breeding ground for numerous diseases. And Government of India spending millions of rupees to clean up the dirty waters of sacred River Ganges!


8. KALPA AND YUGA

The purport of BHAGAVAD-GITA, chapter 8, verse 17 says as follows :

"The duration of the material universe is limited. It is manifested in cycles of kalpas. A kalpa is a day of Brahma, and one day of Brahma consists of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. The cycle of Satya is characterized by virtue, wisdom and religion, there being practically no ignorance and vice, and the yuga lasts 1,728,000 years. In the Treta-yuga vice is introduced, and this yuga last 1,296,000 years. In the Dvapara-yuga there is an even greater decline in virtue and religion, vice increasing, and this yuga lasts 864,000 years. And finally in Kali-yuga(the yuga we have now been experiencing over the past 5,000 years) there is an abundance of strife, ignorance, irreligion and vice, true virtue being practically nonexistent, and this yuga lasts 432,000 years."

What science tell us that 140,000 years ago, there is no possibilities for human being. Theory of evolution claims, even 100,000 years ago only Chromagnon (Ape) were there on the Earth.


9. MOON

According to Hinduism, god Shiva's head is the source of the river Ganges and his head is also the place where the moon is located. If this was really a fact then why should America send astronaut Neil Armstrong 240,000 miles away to moon.


10. HISTORY

Is there any historically documented evidence to prove that Rama ruled India? Can any of the so-called Brahmin scholars quote any Western historian to support them? For example, where is Hanuman's bridge today? Is the moon on top of the Himalyas?