If it's any consolation, Hinduism isn't the only extant religion mentioned to exist in the O!MB continuity. Quoting from Oh My Brother Book I, chapter 9:
"What Indra is trying to not say," Thor added with great amusement, "is that most of the people up here have a problem with your name."
"Oh really?" Chris replied irritatedly. "And just what's wrong with my name?" he asked Indra.
"Well, it's just that..." he trailed off, and then shook his head. "It's considered to be in poor taste for you to go by a name that is based on one Brahma uses in another pantheon."
"Odin," Thor replied to the curious look 'Niichan sent his way.
"And let me guess," my brother added disgustedly. "My last name is used as a designation for an enitre class of deities in that pantheon too."
"Well, somewhat," Indra agreed. "But the Angels don't like it when we call them deities."
So, while some folks may get upset by the mention of a current religion in this work of fiction, it isn't confined to just two religions.
(What? Didn't you know that there are still a very few people who worship the Norse gods? Religions rarely die out completely...)
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
"What Indra is trying to not say," Thor added with great amusement, "is that most of the people up here have a problem with your name."
"Oh really?" Chris replied irritatedly. "And just what's wrong with my name?" he asked Indra.
"Well, it's just that..." he trailed off, and then shook his head. "It's considered to be in poor taste for you to go by a name that is based on one Brahma uses in another pantheon."
"Odin," Thor replied to the curious look 'Niichan sent his way.
"And let me guess," my brother added disgustedly. "My last name is used as a designation for an enitre class of deities in that pantheon too."
"Well, somewhat," Indra agreed. "But the Angels don't like it when we call them deities."
So, while some folks may get upset by the mention of a current religion in this work of fiction, it isn't confined to just two religions.
(What? Didn't you know that there are still a very few people who worship the Norse gods? Religions rarely die out completely...)
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012