Comment by rutherblood

Not an expert on the Vedas thus not sure if any value judgement is made regarding the varnas in it or not but I am definitely SURE it nowhere says that all "varnas" are equal and that mobility between varnas is possible or based on one's "merit". the varna division just by articulation implies a hierarchy. Who wouldn't see the priestly class, the keepers of knowledge, as superior than the sewage workers? Saying that the Vedas say that caste is not based on lineage is utmost tomfoolery. Show me any instance in history where this mobility has been possible; is or was there some kind of "merit committee" in India who decides which caste you belong to, that i have heard nothing of? Which brahmin or other upper caste parent would willingly let their child be judged for which caste they should belong to by merit, be this at any point in history or present? By saying this all you are doing is revising history and saving the face of scripture you deem "holy" and "flawless". At the very least Vedas are definitely not the latter.