Valmiki Faleiro <[email protected]> wrote: What is wrong with the Bhagvad Gita, may I ask? Does it preach hate? The Jesuit school I studied in (during the 1960s) in Goa had a weekly 30-minute study of "Religion" for Christian students and "Moral Science" for non-Christian pupils. Was that a crass practice? Did it make better practicing Christians or morally upright future citizens?
Isn't the Bhagvad Gita just as ennobling and inspiring as the sacred text of any other faith, to those who believe? Where the Karnataka Government erred, imho, was to make the subject COMPULSORY. An otherwise noble subject such as the Gita could have been introduced as a subject (with texts of other faiths as eqivalents), but all left optional. jc COMMENT: Well said Valmiki. Having read the Gita, I believe that it is an excellent text for ALL students (who wish to) to read. I also recommend the sayings of Tao. But then, let us give it to the Politicians and Political hacks. They know how to GOOF up and make a Hash of things. They either Enforce something or Ban another. What happened, there are NO Adults around who can decide for themselves and for their minor children? jc
