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Ram Sethu
by sri on Aug 31, 2007 08:32 PM

Surya Kiran,
Religion is not without Rationality and logic is not the monopoly of the non-religious! Without ranting about how illogical the other side is you should be rational enough to see the other viewpoint and debate it. The ability to have and express your own view is the essence of true freedom. You call yourself a Hindu and go on to make fun of "flying monkeys" - a true Hindu does not make fun of any religion and accepts various possibilities including the symbolism of such things. Have you really understood or know the effects of destroying the bridge on the environment for example or are you just making it a debate between reason and non-reason? Why-for or however people want to save it is their right if they believe in it. And why should they call it Adam's bridge and not Ram Setu - Ram Setu is probably the name given to it by Indians from a long time. Are you saying that we should drop all our names for our own regions - you dont seem to be an Indian.

The atmosphere you see today has not been created by the Hindu - it is due to the intolerance and deceit or aggression of other religions. Left to himself, History tells us, the Hindu can accepts all - it is only when his own religion is mocked or threatened that he is forced to be otherwise. Some of the efects of the political games that so-called secualrists have played are there to see in the extreme stances that some people on this forum take. But I do agree that some of them should use

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