If chiristianity is indeed such a great religion of the world then what made Voltaire say
“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world” Any answers? Also I would like to understand the origin of the words Animism/Fetishism et al. It makes me feel that these originated in Church itself and probably it reflects the attitude of Church towards eastern religions. ~~Sandesh On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]>wrote: > It is good that Gerry has added some additional important factors that > have contributed to the violence in the Northeast, and I am especially > thankful that he has expressed utmost respect for the views of others > in this forum. But I also noticed that two of the three factors he has > added have religion and religious differences as their mainstay, > including the belief or implication that tribal animism and Hinduism > were harmful or deficient because of which the tribals decided to > convert en masse to a new religion. Here are the two quotes in > particular that I am referring to: > > QUOTE > > Animism or Naturalism used to be the predominant religion of the > tribal people inhabitng North East India. > UNQUOTE > .......Gerald Fernandes > > QUOTE > > The Hindu beliefs did not accept the Tribals mainly on account of the > Tribals eating raw food , both vegetarian and flesh, thus referring to > them as "ADI MANAV" ( half humans, or not fully human) The Christian > missionaries accepted them as fully human and fully worthy of > attention as fellow human beings which resulted in a mass exodus to > the Christian way of Thought (as opposed to religion) How do > populations escape from fatalism which paints them( their past and > future generations) in a corner forever by sheer accident of birth or > belief or eating preferences????? > UNQUOTE > .......Gerald Fernandes > > BTW, I would like to correct an error in the first quote. The tribals > did not practice naturalism. Naturalism is practiced by people like > me. Nature worship is the right word for the religion of tribals. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gerald Fernandes <[email protected]> > > > > 1.With utmost respect to the views expressed on this Forum by various > > contributors, as an Indian Citizen who has an abiding interest in the > North > > eastern States of India, may I point out that the people comprisng the > current > > North Eastern States of India are TRIBAL POPULATIONS, wherein each Tribe > till > > today do not understand the unique tribal language of other TRIBES.It is > a fact > > that in Nagaland the people use "NAGAMESE" to be comprehensible. > > Nagamese is not a language in the Classical sense but a dialect of > convenience > > to communicate in a basic way. Similarly , it perhaps might come as a > surprise > > to some of us that the most used language in Arunachal Pradesh ( which > is a > > hothouse of tribal culture) is HINDI . Hindi binds the TRIBAL population > of > > Arunachal Pradesh. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Protect Goa's natural beauty > > Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve > > Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Sandesh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
