On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:19 PM, ss wrote:
> On Sunday 18 Apr 2010 6:22:52 pm Biju Chacko wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
>> > At 2010-04-17 11:55:25 +0530, mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> Some religions (though not Hinduism) have no place for those who do
>>
On Sunday 18 Apr 2010 8:22:11 pm Thaths wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:37 AM, ss wrote:
> > Hindus are allowed to kill both believers and unbelievers.
>
> Couldn't that be said about all religions? Muslims killing muslims in
> the Iran-Iraq war, Christians killing (in some theaters of war)
> c
At 10:36 AM +0530 4/18/10, ss wrote:
>You can be the head of a donkey shit worshipping cult or religion and
>still be Hindu. But if you worship donkey shit and try being Muslim or
>Christian - you will have some trouble getting in and having your view
>accepted as legitimate. But as long as you can
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:37 AM, ss wrote:
> Hindus are allowed to kill both believers and unbelievers.
Couldn't that be said about all religions? Muslims killing muslims in
the Iran-Iraq war, Christians killing (in some theaters of war)
christians in the WWI and WWII, etc? The reasons people kil
On Sunday 18 Apr 2010 6:22:52 pm Biju Chacko wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> > At 2010-04-17 11:55:25 +0530, mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Some religions (though not Hinduism) have no place for those who do
> >> not believe; they are labelled "pagan" or "hea
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 6:45 PM, ashok _ wrote:
[...]
> Many times I have found it more worthwhile (and beneficial) to
> temporarily (as in, for that moment) adopt a religion - rather than to
> explicitly deny it completely. For one, it opens many doors if you are
> traveling, and at least in som
On 18-04-2010 10:47, ss wrote:
But if you live in India and you have no religion
to pin yourself down upon, you are Hindu by default. Just another person with
no fixed belief.
Er, yes, this is the problem. Some of us don't want to be "Hindu by
default".
--
Madhu Menon
http://twitter.com/ma
On Sunday 18 Apr 2010 8:58:15 am Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2010-04-17 11:55:25 +0530, mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Some religions (though not Hinduism) have no place for those who do
> > not believe; they are labelled "pagan" or "heathen" or "unbelievers"
> > and can be persecuted and killed
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2010-04-17 11:55:25 +0530, mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Some religions (though not Hinduism) have no place for those who do
>> not believe; they are labelled "pagan" or "heathen" or "unbelievers"
>> and can be persecuted and kille
