Question 1: The Gods are different manifestations of the Brahman; Even atheists have a place.

Question 7: Hindus don’t have a book as a Bible, they have a library!

Question 6: Hindus are not required to be vegetarians. Hindus used to even eat beef millenia ago.

Question 10: Caste and untouchability. There’s a difference between a corrupted social practice & scriptural sanction for a practice. Untouchability is a highly corrupted social form of the varna-jati system.

Hinduism is pluralistic (there are many paths to realisation of the infinite), respectful of other religions (not just toleration), non-exclusivist and non-evangelical.

Hindu Spirituality Versus Monotheism
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/hindusoc/ch4.htm
The Basis of Universal Spirituality
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/hindusoc/ch5.htm

“Elaboration: Hinduism is both monotheistic and henotheistic. Hindus were never polytheistic, in the sense that there are many equal Gods. Henotheism (literally “one God”) better defines the Hindu view.”

This only proves again the trap most Hindus fall into when desperately trying to prove they are also monotheist .This inferiority complex is because of the Abrahamic monotheist religions..Hinduism is neither monotheist or even polytheist because divinity is beyond all definitions but polytheism is better platform to express and expand spiritual concepts and ideas .And further the effect and influence on society makes society more democratic and open to creativity in all realms of life but on the other hand the monotheist one god theory eventually leads to limiting ones consciousness to a one god which no room for any other god .Its no wonder political systems of communism or Nazism rose from an environment of monotheism but democracy from polytheism. .Hindus need to start looking at Hinduism from Hindu eyes and not western ones all the time to define their own religion because this where the real confusion starts..

Jai Hind!
Jai Dharma!