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Someone please explain caste system as its been bugging me a lot. Also im an Agnostic.

A little about my caste [Might seem irrelevant but I'll tell yall just for context]. I am SC as we all know you are automatically born into your father's caste. My mother is a Brahmin though so I kinda know the stories of both sides and they dont show or talk about it publicly but their conversations at home with their respective families is purely discriminatory.

Now please explain to me :

1) Varna System.

2) Did the Supreme intelligence (god) did not know the consequences of dividing people? (It wasn't supposed to be fixed yeah but i mean shouldn't god have known that all of this will lead to the situation we are currently in)

3) Why wasn't any Avatar born into a lower caste? (Surely tougher in that time than today but there's nothing impossible for the one who created existence itself)

4) I study 7 hours a day sometimes then I open reddit.. go to the comment section of a few posts and it's purely this vs that, how can I leave this state behind? "Do not pay attention".. well it's just ingrained in my mind at this point.

I know this is more of a human problem than a religion problem but knowing some facts and hearing opinions from real people is better than Googling everything, at least thats how I learn things.

One last thing- Im not Anti-Hindu or anything like such.

I mean no disrespect to gods or demean anyome im simply who wants to know these things. Infact I love goddess Kaali and Krishn because of their personalities.

(Im saying this because otherwise people assume a hater)

I mean memeing is different and that post itself was upload ur best memes and there were hundreds,, many of them are funny too and I laughed because they were genuinely meaningful, like the ones which say drinking piss and throwing milk etc,,

but this op post of God parvathi and rama seetha post by another gentleman,, these are not memes are they?? Can something be done about this,, I mean get them banned or something or even more defining?

I have reported these there in the group,, but this is not done guys...

I recently finished reading something that stayed with me in a way I did not expect. It was not just interesting; it made me uncomfortable in the way only an honest question can.

It made me think about something many Hindu families may feel, but do not always say out loud:

Are we giving our children Dharma itself, or only the outer signs of being Hindu?

A child can grow up knowing they are Hindu.

They can celebrate Diwali, go to the temple, recognize Krishna, Shiva, and Ganesha, watch their parents perform puja, and follow customs that have lived in their family for generations.

But eventually, that child leaves the protected world of home.

And that is when the real test begins.

Someone will ask: Why are you Hindu?

Someone will ask why Hindus speak of so many gods.

Someone will dismiss murti puja as mere idol worship.

Someone will challenge karma, rebirth, and the very idea of spiritual truth.

Someone will ask what makes Sanatana Dharma different from every other path they have encountered.

And sooner or later, they may ask the question that every tradition must be strong enough to face:

Why should I continue this simply because my parents did?

That is the part that hit me hardest.

Because I started wondering whether we sometimes mistake keeping customs alive for keeping understanding alive.

We often teach children what to do.

Light the diya.
Touch the feet of elders.
Go to the temple.
Celebrate the festivals.
Learn the prayers.

But do we give them enough time, patience, and language to understand why any of it matters?

Our children are not growing up in the same world our grandparents knew.

They will meet atheism, Christianity, Islam, materialism, and many other philosophies - often online, often aggressively, and often before they have been given a serious foundation in their own Dharma.

When that moment comes, “this is our tradition” cannot be the only answer they carry.

This is why Your Children Will Be Hindu: Why Sanatana Dharma Will Outlive Religion by Rudra Ved stayed with me.

The message I took from it was not that we should shield our children from questions about Dharma.

It was that we should trust Dharma enough to let them question it properly.

Let them ask.

Let them challenge.

Let them compare.

But give them the knowledge to question deeply, not just react to the loudest voice online.

If Sanatana Dharma has lived through thousands of years of philosophy, debate, disagreement, and renewal, then surely it is strong enough for the questions of our own children.

That is the thought I have not been able to shake:

Civilizations do not survive because children inherit their parents’ labels.

They survive when the next generation understands something deeply enough to choose, freely and consciously, to carry it forward.

Since finishing the book, I keep returning to a question that feels uncomfortable but necessary:

Are we truly passing Dharma to our children - or are we passing down rituals and hoping understanding will somehow come later?

Maybe our responsibility is not simply to make sure our children call themselves Hindu.

Maybe it is to help them understand Dharma so honestly and deeply that, when we are not standing beside them, they can still answer for themselves why it is worth carrying forward.

That is why I could not just finish this book, close it, and move on. It left me with something I felt I needed to share with others who care about the future of Hindu families and Dharma.

For anyone interested, this is the book that prompted these thoughts:

Your Children Will Be Hindu: Why Sanatana Dharma Will Outlive Religion, Rudra Ved

I would genuinely like to hear what others here think, especially parents, young Hindus, and anyone who has wrestled with these questions personally:

If a child in your family asked you tomorrow, “Why should I continue being Hindu?”- what would you say?

I don't know why they have a one sided problem with us, they are privileged kids of hardworking immigrant parents, their parents pay for their college tuition too. I guess Indians living in India are the only group they feel superior to. No matter how much they prove their patriotism to western countries they will always be called slurs by their whíte masters.