>
> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
> > On May 22, 2006, at 2:47 PM, authfriend wrote:
> >
> > > The point is that she doesn't seem to have the
> > > requisite credentials to trash Vedic science.
> >
> > She's a scientist and someone raised in that culture--I'd
> > certainly say she does. esp. given her masterful overview
> > of the development of this trend. Really the only thing
> > necessary is the minimum insight necessary to expose the
> > fraud...otherwise you're merely appealing to authority and
> > using faulty logic.
>
> Not to mention "killing the messenger." There is a
> great deal of resistance on the part of members of
> Indian-based spiritual groups to equating the
> "Vedic Science" movement with Christian Fundament-
> alism, but I think that not only is it a valid
> parallel, it's something that seekers should be
> more aware of. Far too many of them just accept
> what they've been told about the Vedas and Indian
> history (much of it myth) as gospel truth, when
> it just might not be.
>
> But isn't it fascinating that when this issue
> comes up, the first post reacting to it on FFL
> is an attempt to demonize and discredit the
> author? Typical.
>
Insomuch as humans show the same patterns of behavior in every society, the analogy
with Christian Fundamentalism may be useful. However, since Hinduism is usually a far
more flexable and accomidating religion or set-of-religions than Christianity traditionally
has been (for instance, there's no Nicene Creed test for Hindus as far as I know), the
analogy can only go so far.
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