Actually I was just quoting Christopher Hitchens when I referred to MT as a douche-bag. There are reasons why he doesn’t like her. What wrong with that? It would be different if it was just disliking her for the sake of disliking her. I’d even go as far as to say some people DO like her for the sake of liking her. I think a lot of people who like MT know very little about what she did. I’m not trying to rattle any cages. I’m just offering a different perspective.
Now back to the what Aussies eat. Now that I’ve just finished dinner, I can say that today alone, I’ve eaten kangaroo, beef, pork, lamb and rice. Mind you I do a lot of weight lifting, so my dietary requirements may differ a little from the average Aussie, but not by much.
Theres evidence…Scientific…to support that the Gladiators of old, were vegans!
Sorry I diverted the topic.
Mother Theresa may have made errors but we have to look at those she helped…given what Suhas has just said.
[QUOTE=Yulaw;40821]Hitchen?s view of religion[/QUOTE]
Genius! Hitchens is an intellectual heavyweight!
Mother Teresa only gained recognition worldwide because she was white. Other Indian charity organizations have done more to help the poor of Calcutta without any ulterior motives unlike Teresa’s; but the West sees things in terms of their color and religion…
Blessed Teresa, and others who do the same work, gain recognition world wide because those who do not do their work are too embarrassed to ignore them.
[QUOTE=Nietzsche;44773]Mother Teresa only gained recognition worldwide because she was white. Other Indian charity organizations have done more to help the poor of Calcutta without any ulterior motives unlike Teresa’s; but the West sees things in terms of their color and religion…[/QUOTE]
Interfaith heroes
http://www.readthespirit.com/interfaith_heroes/
These are high calibre people who crossed the boundaries of different religions.
You can see here Sri Ramakhrisna, who practiced diligently Christian and Muslim traditions. He was a highly respected Indian sage.
You can see here Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi, who crossed the boundaries between religions.
In a documentary TV show I saw that Mahatama Gandhi spend his last days with Muslims, trying to protect them from Hindu extremists. He knew he was going to be killed.
You see here Mother Theresa, doing so much good to Indians that she was decorated with the highest civilian order of India and received a Nobel prize.
But you also can see the reverse: posters who do not have -not even remotely-
the credentials of the great people quoted above and throwing mud at other
major religions of the world, like Christianity and Islam.
That is not only hilarious, but it is downright dangerous. Do such people want to unleash a religious war ?
Suppose that higher Christian authorities read such “posts.” What will be the
reaction ? Definitely not favourable to yoga practitioneers. Actually some Muslim
authorities already took some measures against such extremist views, prohibiting yoga in their countries.
Your missionary tactics don’t fool me Christian. Missionary, I have observed daily how to extol Indian sages who supposedly “practiced” your Abrahamic religions (when they merely tolerated it and found some good in it to like, as in every religion they commented on) while at the same time, you spread anti-Hindu propaganda. You uncouth demon, you never even mention those who had nothing to do with Abrahamic religions; like Buddha, Adi Shankara, Guru Nanak, and so forth. Fool, your facts are highly convulsed; Muslims banned yoga because they are intolerant brutes who do not want some heretical practice perverting Islam. You barbarian, it is the same story with Christians, who are doing an infinitely more wicked job by attempting to create their own versions of yoga to ensure their souls remain clean, all the while going around and still spreading propaganda against Hindus. At least Muslims have the decency to not subvert other cultures in this manner. Missionary, I strongly encourage you to quit quoting our great people who said what they did because they strived to achieve peace and tolerance during a time when there obviously wasn’t any (and would never be). You brute, it is the 21st century now and Christians and Muslims have only proved that they are capable of being intolerant, spreading hate, destroying cultures, creating disunity, and encouraging ignorance. You demon, if those people you quoted above saw these conditions today, their tunes would drastically change. Suppose that higher Hindu authorities saw your continuous dissemination of ant-Hindu propaganda while only you speak of Indians who attempted to extend consideration towards your religions. What would be their reaction you Neanderthal? Missionary, revise your religion (if at all possible) before you suffer the consequences of your religion’s hate mongering, ignorance inculcation, destruction of other civilizations and cultures, and cultural subversion for centuries, before it comes back to affect you all.
Wow, Nietzsche managed to do more name-calling in one post, than all the name-calling on this forum so far.
His ignorance and hypocrisy was unbearable. I feel fully justified in writing what I did in that post.
What did he say?
I think he’s got something against Hindus, but not as much as you seem to have against Christians.
[QUOTE=thomas;44833]Wow, Nietzsche managed to do more name-calling in one post, than all the name-calling on this forum so far.[/QUOTE]
I am absolutely sick of Christian hypocrisy and ignorance after 2 decades of observing it and keeping my peace (which Christians like him take advantage of). If only more Christians were a bit less obtuse like you Thomas…
[QUOTE=Nietzsche;44845]I am absolutely sick of Christian hypocrisy and ignorance after 2 decades of observing it and keeping my peace (which Christians like him take advantage of). If only more Christians were a bit less obtuse like you Thomas…[/QUOTE]
Thank you for the compliment, but I wish I knew what you’re talking about and what you suffered from Christians. Most Christians I know are like me, but a lot better.
Hypocricy is not a good thing, but can’t you overlook ignorance?
I have seen many posts on this board that could be taken as insults against Christians, but most were said in ignorance, so I try not to get upset about them.
I’m a Catholic, but converted as an adult. Before I became a Catholic I believed and said many bad things about Catholics and the Catholic faith, but I didn’t know any better. I was just repeating misinformation that I heard that I thought was true.
Oak’s posts do indeed border on anti-Hinduism. Although he praises many of the masters from that tradition, especially Yogananda, he routinely posts in this thread and others(often the same copy and paste) trying to make India and Hinduism look bad by showing a few bad examples such as recent attacks by Hindu mobs on such and such group. I have already pointed out to him in the past that such isolated examples do not represent an entire religion, but he persists like an internet troll to point this out. In the end I have just stopped taking him seriously and ignore what he writes now.
However, you really should not stoop to his level and batter him with personal insults, because this will be more detrimental to you, than it will be to him. It is best just ignoring him when he goes off on the childish copy and paste anti-Hindu stories mode.
P.S. I have had much worse insults from the members Yogatryit, Lostontheway and Teitan. In their case it is persisted for several posts.
Thomas, I think you are unaware of the activities of Christian missionaries in India, which I think Nietzsche is all too familiar with. I have pointed in the past in threads on here what activities Christian missionaries are up to in India, this will explain why Hindus are growing to resent Christians. The Christian missionaries routinely spread anti-Hindu propoganda, engage in mass-convert rituals to convert tribal communities and lower castes, where pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses are trampled over. There have also been terrorism incidents where Hindu teachers have been assassinated. This may explain the intensity of resentment many Hindus are feeling against Christians.
If a woman has a bindi on her forehead, does that mean she’s a Hindu?
Nope, because anybody can wear a bindi. Madonna wears Bindis. Even Muslim women wear bindis.
What are you trying to prove with this question?
[QUOTE=Surya Deva;44848]Thomas, I think you are unaware of the activities of Christian missionaries in India, which I think Nietzsche is all too familiar with. I have pointed in the past in threads on here what activities Christian missionaries are up to in India, this will explain why Hindus are growing to resent Christians. The Christian missionaries routinely spread anti-Hindu propoganda, engage in mass-convert rituals to convert tribal communities and lower castes, where pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses are trampled over. There have also been terrorism incidents where Hindu teachers have been assassinated. This may explain the intensity of resentment many Hindus are feeling against Christians.[/QUOTE]
I don’t know anything about this. What you’re describing would be abusive and should be condemned by Christians. That’s not the way to win a convert. It should never be forced.
I hope that you don’t consider Mother Teresa to be one of them.
[QUOTE=Surya Deva;44850]Nope, because anybody can wear a bindi. Madonna wears Bindis. Even Muslim women wear bindis.
What are you trying to prove with this question?[/QUOTE]
Nothing. I was just thinking about all the times I checked into hotels, and that often they were owned and run by nice Indian people, and often the women wear traditional garb, and was wondering if they were likely to be Hindus.