"Only few are audacious enough to accept an error,most defend it."-Bernard Shaw . I again,pained by the way you tried to justify your erroneous decision.The logic you have applied is beyond common sense and general awareness of Indian contemporary society.You wrote: "you might feel revolted about it but i don't. and if indeed, x yz god was gay , what is wrong with it? does that make him a lesser god? after all, i am gay and so what if the god i worship had sexual leanings that went against an established norm? i would still like him/worship him, he is my god and i cant revoke my love/respect/affection if someday suddenly someone says, oh you know x y z god was rumoured to be gay!" Gayness is totally anathema to Indian society or perhaps any where in world In a free country like USA where most of states have legislature legalizing gayness, branding some one gay coasting him his post and the political career as we have seen in the case of the Governor of .Families that have accepted their sons or daughters as a gay are mostly out of compulsion and that surely doesn't bring respectability to gayness.Remember acceptance is not respectability.
I distinctly remember an incident happened during my Khalasa college days,not before only 8-10 years:boys used to avoid to wear blue jeans for many months ,simply because some one rumored that it is a sign of a gay !Even now I am hearing the conversations of collegians, every one outdoing other to prove himself as an anti-gays !What I am describing you as a social reality,not my or your choice of liking or disliking.You may be a gay in open,but that doesn't mean you are not insulting the sensibilities of millions of Indian by calling their God as a gay. Calling gay to some one mortal human being is also an insult in our Indian society forget about a God !Get out of the closet of Gaybombay and see yourself how harsh world is for a ' out of closet' gay.Shahrukh Khans repeated denials is clear indicative of this harsh reality of our Indian society.I remembers one letter written by a Hindi writer calling himself as Nirav to the message forum of GB describing many horrific experiences he had gone through after declaring himself as a gay in a conservative atmosphere of Bhopal. It is indeed naive to say"If I am a gay,so why not God ?" and equally foolish and senseless to say that calling a God gay doesn't constitute the offence of offending the sensibilities of the God's followers.Hindus are liberal by birth and upbringing,but that doesn't mean that gives right to speak any thing about their gods.People considers their Gods/Goddesses as their ideal and to be a gay is certainly not an ideal condition . God is one and only one and that One manifesting as many,each one representing a certain attribute of the Divine One. In reality. God doesn't have a form or a body there for,it foolish to attribute sex to God .God is nether male or female or Hijaaras,it is a pure light of consciousness.It is primordial substance of the entire creation.It is the first principal of universe and this only reality is extremely difficult to conceive in meditation and puja requires a solid forms and attributes and therefore God s different attribute personifies as a person,each one represents one quality of God. Shastras and Puranas have numerous stories, many erotic and sexual in nature,but these stories are not a narration of events happened in the past as most of ignorant of philosophy or religion believes ,but the allegorical imagination of inter-play happens in the mind of spiritual aspirant(Sadhak) and therefor to take them(gods) as humans with flesh and blood is nothing but naive and assign them with the sexual preference is clear indication of the spiritual immaturity of the mind .Many Gods of Hindu mythology including Kartikeya hasn't born any time and therefore the question of sexuality doesn't arise. "Those who considers Gods and Goddesses as persons are children in the field of spirituality(Adhyatma).They are personification of abstract concepts '- Swami Vivekananda. Many here foolishly tried to paint the history in term of sexuality.They forget one simple thing:Man doesn't live in pelvis region,he is live in and known by what lies beneath his skull.There are more important and higher aspects of man and the spirituality(Adhyatma) is highest and let not to be stupid enough to mess this highest and divine aspect with the lowest one. Those who consider themselves wiser than Gods and pronouncing the judgement on the sexuality of Gods,let not forget one thing: They are mortal-Today they are here with youthful bodies,but the day is not far when their faces's beauty will be overtaken by the wrinkles and ultimately their dead bodies will rot under the ground and the same Gods will have the last laugh ! Gods were there,are here and will be forever.This storm in a cup doesn't move the iron pillar! Shirish Bombay. -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09/26/04 11:21:15 To: gay bombay Subject: [gay_bombay] morphed osama bin laden pics, gods, offended hindu sentiments ============================= Shirish let us look at rohit's email i cleared that has revolted you so much. the email by rohit is as follows: Hi all I recently learnt from person in USA that gays in south India worship skanda/kartikeya/murugan as their patron god.It was also claimed that he is seen as gay in Hindu society in south India. Is it true? rohit my answer : he has asked whether skanda/kartikeya/murugan is seen as gay in the hindu society. Th its another matter, that this email just asked a question. there was no emphatic statement or any proof. the reason i rejected your morphed pics in august 2004 of shahrukh khan and salman khan being depicted as osama was that you had picked on two actors who are indian muslims and then made them look like the person who is seen as fountainhead of terrorism i stand by my decision of rejecting those pics and clearing rohit's mail. i am a hindu and very proud of being one. i do not think i need to defend either myself or my religion. regards ketan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/WfTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info ========================== NEW CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SEEKING FRIENDS? 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