I'm becoming very interested in Hindu origins for several reasons - first, a lot of the basics appear to be aligned with my general worldviews and philosophy. Second, because of the age of the Hindu traditions, history, and variety of cultures that developed out of the Indus valley civilizations, and their initial separation from Judaism and later Christianity and Islam, it might be possible to ascertain more about what may have been happening during possible time gaps, like the first millennia CE, and more specifically the Dark Ages. Third, the Hindu take on time, creation/destruction, and even the nature of deity is very different than what we understand through western cultural traditions. Fourth, their openness and acceptance of extraterrestrial life is very interesting, and there is a fairly good chance they have past experience with extraterrestrial life.

It is also very interesting that there was a global explosion of religious traditions dating to around 1500 BCE. This probably isn't coincidence, particularly as this seems to be the case in different regions, even different continents. Something changed then, and poof - religions were formed.

I definitely do not believe in Christianity. I'm also not looking to answer spiritual questions, or have any unresolved spiritual angst. I am curious about the history of cultures and civilizations though, and what humans may have endured in the past to get to where they are today.