Why dont you simply allow native culturs and religions to survive? Why this invasionist mentality and now trying to give a local touch to an alien religion and culture... Whatever it is, at the end of the day everyone inherits something that is unique for his culture from his / her forefathers... And Hinduism is that unique thing for all of us... I am not sure why an Indian bible should be written now when we have more ancient Indian philogophy in this country...
Anyways, at the end of the day, nothing makes a difference.. Life goes on... I hope the realization we Hindus have - that of life is transient and the only thing that is certain is our death - is also realized by Muslims and Christians of this world and there is nothing called right or wrong from the "Gods point of view"... If indeed there was God and he was creating everything (a view held by Christians and Muslims as against the Hindu view of creation as a process that flows from Maya and the supreme power does not exercise control only to exhibit His / Her power but lets the Maya flow to decide its own destiny) why did he have to crate inequalities and what makes him not to destroy the evil which he indeed is advising all his creations to fight against? What He could not subvert how does He expect His creations to control and subvert? If so then are His creations not more powerful than Himsef?
And so as a true Hindu I would like to conclude 'this too shall pass'...
RE:Why all this?
by JGN on Aug 05, 2008 04:01 PM Permalink
Hi, Abbas Rescued, where were you for a long time? Not seen any messages posted by you for quite some time!
RE:Why all this?
by Abbas Rescued on Aug 05, 2008 04:32 PM Permalink
Moderator blocked me for a month... Dont know why... I had no offensive statement made though!
RE:Why all this?
by Kris iyer on Aug 05, 2008 05:22 PM Permalink
Abbas Rescued, Yes, welcome back. So far only one of my comments was removed by the moderator. I did not think there were any abusive or insulting words but there was an indirect reference to a prominent person in India, who had converted to another religion from Hinduism. He / she was NOT named.
Yet the moderator judged the comment objectionable. I respect that judgment. Fear of defamation and so on are the concerns of people who own this forum. Also, the moderator may feel there should be not even indirect reference to personal decisions made by an individual. Fair enough.
My argument would be that people in the "Public Eye", do accept some reduction in their privacy. If a movie actor or actress commits an offence, the publicity is much more than if an ordinary person commits the same offence. Therefore, comments on some [NOT ALL] private decisions of public figures should be permitted. For example, when the British PM, Tony Blair, converted to Roman Catholicism from his family's Protestant (Church of England) many British citizens commented on it. Moderators and editors there did not remove those comments.
Strangely, in this forum, insults like "Moron", "idiot", "Sh*t He*d" seem to survive. Perhaps, none reports them for abuse. Perhaps, even the posters who are so abused think it is all part of some fun and games!!
With all these limitations, it is still a VERY GOOD FORUM for exchange of views. THERE IS NO OTHER EQUAL TO THIS FORUM.
