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>Why are certain religions ready to kill, before letting one change to
another or attack reformers as heretics and converts as apostates?
I did not answer this part.
This actually has nothing to with
the religion itself and everything to about
religion.
The basic thing (or problem) is
that an individual needs a collective identity to feel good or feel strong.
That is basic human nature. They do that by identifying themselves with their
language, culture and religion. Out of these, religion is more volatile, more
emotional.
People are actually ready to
kill not for their religion but for their identity or when they
find their identity is threatened or believed to be threatened.
It can be any of
the three or any other cult relating to identity.
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:15
PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Himendra's reply to
Saurav
At 2:17 PM -0600 1/25/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
Bravo!!!
Culture, Religion, Language all are like rivers.
They flow and take the paths of least
resistence.
*** Cultures evolve. Languages do too, although far less easily, unless
enforced
with overwhelming political power and/or military might.
But do religions evolve in the same manner? If so, where does
fundamentalism come from? Why are certain religions ready to kill, before
letting one change to another or attack reformers as heretics and converts as
apostates? And why is it that all religious wisdoms were found millenia ago,
with no farther developments in religion, no new wisdoms found? Or could it be
that newly derived wisdoms in the field are not accepted as legitimate,
asserting that religions are not meant to be changed - like certain
governments?
RB
----- Original Message -----
From: Malabika Brahma
To: [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Himendra's reply to
Saurav
I would disgree with both Jugal da and Himenda.
Religion, Language, Culture, Nation all are constantly
evolving over time and will always undergo change. Any resistance is
not only futile but also against the normal and natural course of
history.
For example, most of the Assamese (Koches) speakers or for
that matter the Bengali speakers in North Bengal were Bodo speakers at one
point of time. Does it mean that the Koches should abandon their Assamese
or Bengali speech and return to Bodo fold ?
Or for that matter, Mithraism was the dominating religion all
over Middle East and Europe before Islam or Christianity. Should all of
them (those Christians or Muslims) abandon their faith and return to their
ancient religion ?
We should learn to realise that NONE is ever eternal - be in
Religion, Language, Race or Nationality. The ONLY ETERNAL FACT is
the Change itself.
Utpal
Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> people of Assam to remain Hindu, but become
>
Hindi-speaking!! I am not sure what history has in
> store for
Assam, but I would like the language
> preserved for
eternity!!
Jugalda,
Conversely, would you be happier if
the people of
Assam keep Assamese as a language but become
all
Muslims? Let go of all the "secular" customs and
traditions
that are associated with Assamese being
Hindus?
And in
alternative situations, would you rather the
language be Hindi-ized
(meaning significant Hindi
influence) or Arabicized (significant
Muslim
influence) if these are the only two options
available?
Bengali in Bangladesh is undergoing rapid
transformation as the
country itself transforms into a
fundamentalist state.
Just
interested in understanding your point of
view?
Rajib
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