On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:07 PM, ss wrote: > The Hindu "religion"(?) does not call for any such compulsion and under the > circumstances the free practice of all religions in India necessarily means > poaching on Hindus as potential converts and a gradual decrease in the number > of Hindus. > This in fact is the cause of at least some communal strife in India. > shiv
Arent you contradicting yourself rather severely here. On the one hand you claim one can never escape the "hinduness" of being born in India... and now you are talking about conversions like its a one-way street ? I remember hiring this auto-rickshaw driver in bangalore (i rented him for a week) - On a sunday the guy told me was going to church (one of those bible slamming american churches, they offered him money to convert... and some kind of regular stipend) - and then on a weekday he was going to the temple because he actually believed in it....(with offerings of coconuts bought with money he got from the church) I reckoned he was gaming the system very well, many people seem to do this for economic benefit...I cannot see what is wrong in the whole transaction - its a win-win situation for everyone (except you ;-) ) ashok
