What fear wrath of Gods? People all along were changing their religions from Jainism to Buddhism to Hinduism and later on to Islam, yet you speak of a fear of wrath of God? Why did this fear of wrath of Gods not stop people from changing religions or even experimenting with atheism to various sexual deviancy? In every society the lower strata emulates and follows the upper strata. If the upper strata of the society was changing religion without fear of wrath of Gods, then what makes you assume that lower castes would be held back by fear? Where did this fear go when majority of the Bengalis converted to Islam?
Let me clarify: Fear of the wrath of Gods was used to subdue majority of the people---be it the Kashtriyas, the Vaishyas or the Shudras. The Brahmins were the all powerful class in society who could control even the Kings!
That being said, once people started realizing that there are options available, they started converting or embracing other faiths. You do realize what this means, right?
If there were saints from all castes and all walks of life then where is the question of a rigid caste system? Who was persecuted? The lower castes do not have any memory of such persecution and to date refuse to leave their castes, when one would assume that they should be shunning their religion to escape persecution. So how do you explain the lower castes remaining staunch Hindus much to the chagrin of Marxists?
What has saints coming from all castes got to do with the discussion. The fact of the matter is even if some people revered as saints (which factually they were poets-saints-philosophers) were still identified by their caste speaks volumes about the rigidity of the caste system.
It seems to be a case of gullibility and desperation on the part of Marxists to see the lower castes as gullible and persecuted in their service of Abrahamic faiths?
Who you calling Marxist?
People did do occupation based on caste but was it rigid? How did Shivaji become a king then? Was he born a Kshatriya? How were there Queens and various tribal Kingdoms too?
Yes, caste system was and is rigid. Even in present day.
Btw, Shivaji was born into a Maratha family- a warrior family/class. Pray what does that make him?
And as for tribal kings and queens, arent you confusing 'low caste' Hindus with ethnically distinct tribes? Different ball game altogether. If it werent so, Constitution of India wouldnt have specifically mentioned Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes.
Much of the social reformers came in during the Muslim era. Which is exactly what RSS is talking about. A society under siege and war with much of its intellectuals killed, wont undergo transformation? Wont develop distortions to their beliefs and society?
This because, atleast in Islam, when it first came to India, everyone was equal in the eyes of the God! People started realizing the importance of this, and that is why you had social reformers who wanted to do away with the prevalent ills of the society like Sati, untouchability, discrimination of 'lower castes' etc..
RSS is simply spouting idiocy. So if social reformers came in during the Muslim era, does that mean the social ills were not present earlier? No way!