"Only very ignorant people would conclude that liberation can be attained only by following these elementary injunctions, or that God is a property of Hindu people."
Vj ~ There no educational institution in this world that will reward both a complete dunce and one intellectually brilliant with the same degree. Similarly, if there is a god that grants equal rewards of liberation to an idiot and a wise man at the same time, it will have to be a Hindu god.
The Yajur Veda says
ANDHANTAMAH PRAVISHINTI YESAMBHOOTIMUPAASATE
TATO BHOOYA EWA TE TAMO YA U SAM BHOOTYAAM RATAAH
"They are enveloped in darkness in other words are steep in ignorance and
sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal
matter - the material cause of the world - in place of the All-pervading
God, but those who worship visible things born of matter like the earth,
trees, human, animal and the like in place of God are enveloped in still
greater darkness."
It simply means that liberation is impossible for the ignorant who worship idols. And when comes to diet abstinence from alcohol, meat and adultery is necessary for salvation. There is no such thing as forgiveness - what a man sows that will he reap, no less and no more. Read this book - it is free - educate yourself if you want to know God to attain His bliss.
Namaste!