Hinduism

» Harsh Nevatia - Who is a Hindu/Sanatana Dharmist?

In response to Who is a Hindu/Sanatana Dharmist? posted by kriyakid:
As usual a classically perfect answer. However it misses a point perhaps because I did not make it clearly enough.

First of all I agree that Hindu is an external term but one that is now universally accepted, including in India. So quibbling over it, unless the context demands, is merely an exercise in semantics.

How many people who profess to belong to the Hindu faith are aware of the description of the faith that you have correctly outlined? How many have conviction in these principles? How many make an attempt to follow them? The answer to the first question would be less than 50% and to the last one would be less than 10%. Then would these people not be Hindus?

I was trying to state the condition/s that would apply to all those who belong to the Hindu faith. Therefore I did not use the words "pray to the deities" but "believe in the divinity of the deities" because many Hindus, like me, do not pray. I was trying to characterize a Hindu at the level of ground reality and not at the level of classical belief.