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--- On Mon, 11/10/08, Frederick "FN" Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Christianist is a term that obviously have different meanings to >different
> people. Hindutva is very clear in what it stands
> for.
>
Not true. Hindutva also has different meanings to different people. To Savarkar
it meant Hinduness. Here is what the Supreme Court of India says about it:
"no precise meaning can be ascribed to the terms 'Hindu', 'Hindutva' and
'Hinduism'; and no meaning in the abstract can confine it to the narrow limits
of religion alone, excluding the content of Indian culture and heritage."
"Ordinarily, Hindutva is understood as a way of life or a state of mind and is
not to be equated with or understood as religious Hindu fundamentalism. A Hindu
may embrace a non-Hindu religion without ceasing to be a Hindu and since the
Hindu is disposed to think synthetically and to regard other forms of worship,
strange gods and divergent doctrines as inadequate rather than wrong or
objectionable, he tends to believe that the highest divine powers complement
each other for the well-being of the world and mankind."
Please see - http://www.answers.com/topic/hindutva
You seem to believe that Hindutva is a political ideology, and deny that
Christianism is a political ideology, even though the very dictionary you are
fond of consulting clearly states it is so.
Please see - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=christianism
"2. Christianism
Christianism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious
views of Christian fundamentalism. It holds Christianity is not only a
religion, but also a political system that governs the legal, economic and
social imperatives of the state."
The title of this thread indicates that to some other people Hindutva is a form
of terrorism.
>
> I've made my point...
>
It is unclear what point you have made.
Cheers,
Santosh
