SantoshHelekar wrote: I have learned the following things from the responses of the two or three Hindu religionists on Goanet:
1. They are unnecessarily defensive about the progress made by their religion in the world of business and free markets. 2. They believe that engaging in business and capitalism, and receiving payment for professional religious services are a bad thing. 3. They believe that letting people know about the tremendous success of their religion as a business enterprise around the world in terms of increased demand for priests, proliferation of swamis, babas and gurus, mushrooming of temples and ashrams, etc. constitutes prejudice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Santosh, Thanks for your insight! However, I believe your three points become clearer when the reader substitutes a religion s/he is familiar with and uses the religion named "Golden Bar" instead. The "Golden Bar" religion being undefined as yet. In fact, the people planing that new religion can get a real good business plan from your three points above. Mervyn1337Lobo