On Saturday 22 Aug 2009 6:48:43 am ss wrote:
A general reversion to paganism in the US certainly makes the behavior
seem Hindu-like. Perhaps a century or more ago the Church would have come
down heavily on such behavior - but the Church has lost power now.
I take that back - not all Yankees
I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on
explicitly stated or were aware of its implications of Hinduism (for the
value of Hinduism assumed by the writer). Surely (electronic) cremation is
gaining popularity because it's less of a bother on several levels than
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.comwrote:
I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on
explicitly stated or were aware of its implications of Hinduism (for the
value of Hinduism assumed by the writer). Surely (electronic) cremation
Maybe some gentle Rajan Zed influences shaped this piece?
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Aadisht Khanna
aadisht.gro...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com
wrote:
I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on
2009/8/21 Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com
I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on
explicitly stated or were aware of its implications of Hinduism (for the
value of Hinduism assumed by the writer).
How many Hindus who follow such practices know? Are you
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
What I found most interesting is According to a 2008 Pew Forum survey, 65
percent of us believe that many religions can lead to eternal
life—including 37 percent of white evangelicals, the group most
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
How many Hindus who follow such practices know? Are you saying it necessary
to know this before being considered as belonging to a faith? If so, I
would
think the followers of most faiths can't be
2009/8/21 Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
How many Hindus who follow such practices know? Are you saying it
necessary
to know this before being considered as belonging to a faith? If so, I
would
You are not sure of this because you are not sure of the definition of
*hinduism* simple.
I assure you I had no such intent. My reason for posting it was simply to
see what silklisters thought could be the reason/motivation for
this quite
significant change in religious thought among
:) Not that I'm aware of. I did hunt for the actual survey
and the options it had, but wasn't able to find it though
I doubt Newsweek woud publish an
article based on results of a survey that doesn't exist.
Kiran
The americans went to war based on credible information on WMD.
All sorts of
2009/8/21 lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com
Hows it going. I can barely hear between the relentless clobbering you are
getting.
Huh? I'm doing quite well thank you.
Kiran
It's a neat trick. Perhaps a magazine writer here can take it up to show
that the rice growing in Punjab is evidence of Tamizh or Bengali
colonisation of the Indus plain.
ROFL. I'm reminded of this chap called Aakar Patel who said Indians
are opportunists and don't give back to society because
On Friday 21 Aug 2009 12:29:32 pm Supriya Nair wrote:
Surely (electronic) cremation is
gaining popularity because it's less of a bother on several levels than
burial?
The USP of cremation is that it dos not require the reservation of real
eastate for your rotten remains for years after you
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.comwrote:
It's a neat trick. Perhaps a magazine writer here can take it up to show
that the rice growing in Punjab is evidence of Tamizh or Bengali
colonisation of the Indus plain.
ROFL. I'm reminded of this chap called
--- In silk-l...@yahoogroups.com, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@... wrote:
I'm not sure what to make of this, but having a more tolerant view of
religion is a good thing I guess. It also a weird
coincidence that
it was written on Independence Day.
2009/8/21 lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com
--- In silk-l...@yahoogroups.com, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@... wrote:
I'm not sure what to make of this, but having a more tolerant view of
religion is a good thing I guess. It also a weird
coincidence that
it was written on
On 8/20/09 9:10 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com
wrote:
I assure you I had no such intent. My reason for posting it was simply to
see what silklisters thought could be the reason/motivation for this quite
significant change in religious thought among Americans.
I go all
2009/8/21 Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com
On 8/20/09 9:10 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com
wrote:
I assure you I had no such intent. My reason for posting it was simply to
see what silklisters thought could be the reason/motivation for this
quite
significant
On 8/20/09 10:20 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com
wrote:
Your derision for the science of statistics notwithstanding :), to me it
does seem interesting.
I have great respect for that science. I have no derision for it. It is good
to know the numbers, but not stereotype
2009/8/21 Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com
We have no idea why people said what they did in response to the survey.
Perhaps they had a different interpretation of the question. Did they have
enough time? And I have no idea how that survey was conducted. For all
you
care, it might have
I'm not sure what to make of this, but having a more tolerant view of
religion is a good thing I guess. It also a weird coincidence that it was
written on Independence Day.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/212155?GT1=43002
Kiran
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