God is not a humorless entity that threatens and gets angry.
Ah, but the self-professed followers of God (in whatever form) are exactly that. Deepa. On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 9:34 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 03 May 2008 8:54:42 pm Deepa Mohan wrote: > > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:55 PM, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Anyone know if it was actually used in a real campaign ? > > . I got > > a stinker from someone in the ad agency/Coffee Board (I don't remember > > which) telling me that I was trivializing religion and bringing > > disrespect to our sacred culture. I guess things have changed...for > > the better....IF this was actually used. > > > Strange stuff. I believe that the ad agency/coffee board and the Shiv Sena > and > over-wrought NRI groups often miss the point about god and religion among a > whole lot of Hindus in India. > > God is a friend, not a humorless entity that threatens and gets angry. > > By getting knickers in a twist over such things - these groups are converting > a friendly ally of a god into something that is fearsome and is a fundamental > misinterpretation (IMO) of god/s from the Hindu viewpoint. > > But then again - maybe that IS the point - i.e to say to everyone "If you can > get pissed off over humorous depiction of your holy wotsit, I'm not going to > be left out of this game - else you might think it's OK to be funny about my > holy wotsit while its a crime to crack jokes about your holy wotsit" > > In fact that is what seems to be occurring at least some of the time > > shiv > > > >
