I was trying to point out the other way round, Molly, to fill the empty stomach what better tool than religion ? With the rich, with a lot at stake, looking out for religious fighters to use them for their purpose of monetory gain and power. Or, as is the case in India, the masses have the arrogance of inferiority and, more often than not, use religion to show it.
On Feb 8, 8:34 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > yes, it is very difficult to think of religion when I am starving. > The Maslow heirarchy and all that. > > On Feb 8, 3:06 am, Dinesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I tried to give them Upanishads, but they said they would prefer > > bread, clothes, etc. so I said 'you can sell these upanishads and get > > those in return' > > > Were it not for those in the slums in India and similar people in > > African and some asian contries, most of us with high standard of > > living wouldn't be living in those standards. > > > There is a mythological character in hindu religion who accumulated > > wealth and gave it away totally (Not as CHARITY, but as his > > responsibility) to start all over again, many times in his life. > > > Religion, IMO, doesn't have much to do with it, more of human nature. > > In natural environment the weak perish, but in human society, we are > > much devilish, we don't let the weak perish, give them a petiful, of > > what has been taken from them, as charity. Would the rich be rich > > without the poor ? > > On Feb 8, 9:51 am, 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 - -- 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.
