It is no more ad hom than Vam's post to me in which I'm labeled with anger, angst, frustration and as being riled.
What does your post or your link have to do with my post, besides nothing? I never suggested in any way that my sentiments were directed to of confined to any one area of the globe. As a response to the Upanishads (hello, Hindu?) I would think that any minimally intelligent person would understand my reference to the slums of India. You turned it into a pot/kettle theme which revealed a defensive bias. On Feb 8, 1:45 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > "Your bias is predominating your judgment and hindering your ability > to > see things transparently." This is an ad hom attack, Slip, as it does > not relate to a specific statement that I have made, but rather, your > opinion of my perspective. As a moderator, I suggest you be more > careful in your phrasing and respond to specific statements that > others make. > > "Emotional retorts such as this irrelevant > link is clear example." Can a link be emotional? The link itself > provided factual information reported by the state of Texas, not > emotional opinion. As Vam also addressed your apparent anger here, I > will kindly suggest to you that the emotion you percieve may be your > own. I have no emotional investment here. > > On Feb 8, 2:37 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Your bias is predominating your judgment and hindering your ability to > > see things transparently. Emotional retorts such as this irrelevant > > link is clear example. Since when are you worried about thread > > integrity? > > > A better visual might be this:http://archone.tamu.edu/chud// > > > Which is in no way a comparative to India's > > slums.http://fotservis.typepad.com/photos/mother_india_calcutta_var/slums.jpg > > > The only real positive aspect of religion is its eventual self > > deprecation. Human compassion is just that, human compassion born > > from humanity. Religion is born out of a need to create social > > strata, the chosen people and the condemned and is ultimately a > > nuisance, a barrier and a hindrance to equality. > > > On Feb 8, 8:56 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The same could be said about what goes on in your back yard, > > > Slip,http://www.sos.state.tx.us/border/colonias/faqs.shtml Does this have > > > a connection to the positive aspects of religion? > > > > On Feb 7, 11:51 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, and I'm so very touched by it. Never mind the Upanishads, I'd > > > > rather understand how India supports slum dogs as a viable concept. I > > > > find it not only disgraceful but barbaric, primitive and > > > > hypocritical. The movie "Slum Dog Millionaire" tells the story. Is > > > > there some religious explanation for treating people like the garbage > > > > they live > > > > in?http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfn... > > > > > Fraternity and Brotherhood? As long as you have the right brother? > > > > > I guess if you pile enough bullshit on top of the bullshit you won't > > > > see the bullshit, right? > > > > > On Feb 7, 9:10 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > How many here have read the Upanishads ? ! > > > > > > The two most positive aspects of religion are concepts of fraternity > > > > > and brotherhood, in times when most of the world were barbarian, on > > > > > one hand, and the practice of introspection or self - examination, on > > > > > the other. > > > > > > On Feb 8, 2:50 am, 1CellOfMany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > There have been many discussions here where the negative results of > > > > > > religion have been brought up as a side issue to another discussion. > > > > > > I would like to start two parallel threads here, one about the good > > > > > > that religions and religious people have done in and for the world, > > > > > > and the other about the bad things that have come from, and been > > > > > > done > > > > > > because of religion. > > > > > > > In this thread, lets concentrate on discussing the positive > > > > > > contributions of religion. The good acts, the positive results of > > > > > > religious teaching, and the positive things that can be learned from > > > > > > reading the "source books" of religion, such as the Bible, the > > > > > > Upanishads, the Koran, and other writings that are considered "Holy" > > > > > > by any religion. > > > > > > > A historical time-line might also be useful, correlating the > > > > > > beginning > > > > > > and growth of each religion to historical events and trends in the > > > > > > places where the religion was spread.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
