Re: [silk] America's Sri Ram Sena
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:55 PM, . wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Ravi Bellur wrote: >> Like I said, we got 'em too. So concerned with repressive control that they >> miss the essential points of their religions. Historically, the essential point of many religions has been repressive control: of sexuality, of particular ethnic or other "outsider" groups, of whatever. With an elegant theological backing of course, but terribly convenient for those exercising control. -Tim
Re: [silk] America's Sri Ram Sena
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Ravi Bellur wrote: > Like I said, we got 'em too. So concerned with repressive control that they > miss the essential points of their religions. would the breakaway LDS[1] fall into that category too? some years ago a program on them was aired. but in the US today?? shocking and unexpected, considering that child-marriage was a horrid Indian past. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalist_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints -- .
