On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 19:25 +1000, Charles Haynes wrote: > As long as some arbiter of Hinduness can refuse me entry to a temple > because I'm not Hindu enough, then Hinduism is hardly the ultimate > decentralization of religion.
not defending hinduness here just decentralisation - which is perfectly compatible with someone refusing you entry to the temple of which he is the priest, with little say on whether you are refused entry to some other temple, and no say at all over whether you can call yourself hindu and start your own temple. as people do. -r
