That happens in the states too, and unfortunately some of those that prey on this are our right wing conservative politicians.
On Feb 9, 1:07 am, Dinesh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
