--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > <snip> Sacrifice gains spiritual favor and ascendancy in > divinity. > > > > The Ribhus gained immortality through their zealous > > > > sacrificing (Rig 1.110.4). Sacrifice was to enbue the > > > > sacrificer with power and wealth from the gods (Rig 1.111.2). > > > > > > When reading the [translated] Veda, it is like the Bible, not > > > to be read literally, but rather as descriptions of inner states. > > > Just as Christian fundamentalists misinterpret the knowledge of > > > the Bible when reading it literally, so do Vedic fundamentalists > > > misintepret the Veda, as you have done, when reading it literally. > > > > Yeah, that's pretty much what all True > > Believers say when their scriptures are > > challenged. "The scriptures don't really > > say what they say. > > You mean, "The scriptures don't really mean > what they say *literally*." > > That is a perfectly reasonable assertion, one > that is, in fact, more likely to be made by > nonbelieving scholars than by "True Believers." >
Well... There's all sorts of true believers out there. Some are literalists and some are metaphorists.
