No one is saying Shiva is Jesus… obviously…
But also, if you truly were devoted to His Teaching, u would know, you cannot (hypocrite) use Christ's teaching of Truth Goodness & Love as a bludgeon to disenfranchise (denigrate,think less of,spit on) those billions of other humans WW who did not grow up in the exact same culture as you.
Do you think only those who were taught from the Bible (OT full of Spirit cooking btw) can understand concepts of self-discipline, self-mastery, devotion to the Lord, Love, Honesty, strength, courage,etc?
It is about the ideas: not a fascistic set of rigid idolator-aesthetics.
In so doing, you in fact adopt the same unjustly (ignorantly) prejudiced mindset as those who crucified HIM…. meditate on this good anon. Study the teachings of Yogananda, which provide ample insight into the shared lineage of Spiritual Righteousness between East and West… Jesus would be proud of you for expanding the closed mind, to expand your love of All truth seekers and warriors against evil.
BTW There is no archetypal character left in the Western pantheon of spiritual texts which allows the western mind to easily grasp how the Indian understands Shiva. Except maybe Samsom….
the primay, long haired, fierce, and mighty Warrior, who is of good, if not perfect, virtue. Shiva is not Christ. Shiva is also not a demon; the millions who worship him do so for the power of love and enlightenment they believe he brings them…. not so different from you anon.
" EXPAND YOUR THINKING "