05-17-2005, 12:04 PM
Carl,
Sorry for the delay.
1. From the latest post (perhaps I need to re-read your post) I still dont see why you agreed with me when I said -> <i>Wouldnt it make sense to expand the definition and coverage of hinduism rather then each sect (vaishnavism, shaivism, shaktism etc) coming out with its own defense of their coverage ?</i>
2. I see that in your worldview you see the world in terms of monotheistic v/s non-monotheistic and consider monotheism the highest virtue to aspire to and you think that monotheism will be able to hold the pack of cards in their place ? Am I understanding this correctly ? If my assumption is correct then which monotheistic God should India aspire to ?
3. A couple of unrelated points which we probably shouldnt discuss at length.. (a) I guess you were responding to my copy-paste on BR re. the quraish ? I agree that saying islam = arab paganism is false. It is much more then that. But you forgot to mention the first proposal that the quraish made -> dont speak ill of our gods. That doesnt sound too ridiculous to me. (b) IMHO hindu nationalism didnt put "religion" on table, it put hindu religion on table. The others were already on the table.
4. Let me just clarify one thing - I am not against monotheism, per se. If Dharma needs this tool to defeat the abrahamnic cults once and for all, then so be it. Lets adapt ourselves to it and lets have a go at them. I am just not sure how it fits the bill though. For example, given a monotheism v/s non-monotheism worldview how do you distinguish between the abrahamnic cults and vaishnavism, say ? What is Vaishnavism's USP ? How does it equip "hinduism" with more firepower ?
5. I agree the issues are much deeper. Hopefully guroos here will educate.. <!--emo&:eager--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmaosmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lmaosmiley.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Might take a few days to respond. A little tight work schedule.. <!--emo&
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Hari Bol.
Sorry for the delay.
1. From the latest post (perhaps I need to re-read your post) I still dont see why you agreed with me when I said -> <i>Wouldnt it make sense to expand the definition and coverage of hinduism rather then each sect (vaishnavism, shaivism, shaktism etc) coming out with its own defense of their coverage ?</i>
2. I see that in your worldview you see the world in terms of monotheistic v/s non-monotheistic and consider monotheism the highest virtue to aspire to and you think that monotheism will be able to hold the pack of cards in their place ? Am I understanding this correctly ? If my assumption is correct then which monotheistic God should India aspire to ?
3. A couple of unrelated points which we probably shouldnt discuss at length.. (a) I guess you were responding to my copy-paste on BR re. the quraish ? I agree that saying islam = arab paganism is false. It is much more then that. But you forgot to mention the first proposal that the quraish made -> dont speak ill of our gods. That doesnt sound too ridiculous to me. (b) IMHO hindu nationalism didnt put "religion" on table, it put hindu religion on table. The others were already on the table.
4. Let me just clarify one thing - I am not against monotheism, per se. If Dharma needs this tool to defeat the abrahamnic cults once and for all, then so be it. Lets adapt ourselves to it and lets have a go at them. I am just not sure how it fits the bill though. For example, given a monotheism v/s non-monotheism worldview how do you distinguish between the abrahamnic cults and vaishnavism, say ? What is Vaishnavism's USP ? How does it equip "hinduism" with more firepower ?
5. I agree the issues are much deeper. Hopefully guroos here will educate.. <!--emo&:eager--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmaosmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lmaosmiley.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Might take a few days to respond. A little tight work schedule.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->Hari Bol.