'May have a sound sociological historical understanding' - wowser, wish I was teaching them!
On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 10:13:18 AM UTC, Gabby wrote: > > The trick is not to bring them into a situation where they feel they need > to defend their way of living! Then they are the aliens. A wicked game > indeed. > > Am Freitag, 6. Februar 2015 schrieb polly skid : > >> Well, i know most people know that religion is more than the sacred >> texts, mixed with culture , but it doesnt stop them from defending their >> religion... I mean, if one hs to defend religion, you might as well defend >> all religions. people in my class , they might have a sound sociological >> historical understanding of things, but if it comes to criticism of >> Hinduism exceeding a certain small limit they become touchy... Plus i hate >> how its all around.. Esp where i live, sort of alienates me... >> On Feb 6, 2015 1:31 AM, "Gabby" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Here in Europe we usually speak of the three book religions, meaning >>> Jews, Christians, Muslims. I guess we all more or less know that the >>> religion we were born into did not come into effect with the book being >>> read to us but with a life style that can be explained by our long history >>> described in the books. Of course there was meaningful life before and >>> after the fixation of certain narratives in the books, but controlling the >>> other or excercising power over the other is easier when you can define >>> what the same page is you want others to be on. What about religion is you >>> don't like? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/minds-eye/FMi0b9KMVPA/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
