On 3/2/08, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mean that if I feel insulted I will protest and say that I have been > insulted. > > That seems to be the norm for India and I am merely continuing a tradition. > Nothing wrong with that is there? What with all this talk of swinging fists > and noses, a verbal protest should not be causing such widespread takleef > should it?
And I thought Indians worshipped Gandhi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhism#Religion On 3/2/08, Sirtaj Singh Kang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've often wondered: can a religion be monotheistic, anti-idolatory, > anti-superstition (at least in theory if not in general practice) and > caste-blind and still be considered Hinduism? If so, then to my mind > Hinduism is everything and nothing, and the term devoid of value. As you said, I think Hinduism is everything and nothing. I think you can be an atheist and still be a Hindu. And I really like the part of Hinduism that talks of the Meaning of Life etc. And of course, Bhagavad Gita has some answers too (not that I have read any part of it apart from what appears on a few websites). It seems to me that your assumption is a religion needs to be monotheistic, anti-idolatory, anti-superstition. But I think no religion "needs to be" anything. Christianity as practicsed in India is as much idolatory as the version of Hinduism that is practicsed by most people in India. I do not believe in religion, but I do not think any religion is "right" or "wrong". It is just the way different people see the purpose of humanity. Regards, Divya
