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Hindus unveil colossal statue
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| Jan 30, 2006
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Posted on 01/30/2006 8:33:22 AM PST by liberallarry
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Something out of Marvel comic books.
To: liberallarry
Next week Al Jazeera will publish the security precautions around the site. Then some Muslim fanatic will bomb it.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:35:37 AM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: liberallarry
Indian Hindus, who make up about 7% of Malaysia's 26 million people, regard Lord Muruga as a manifestation of valour, beauty, youthfulness, vitality, masculinity and happiness.And...
Devotees pierce the skin on their backs and chests with scores of hooks, or drive skewers through their cheeks and tongues before climbing to the temple.
Anyone else see a contradiction here?
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:35:43 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: liberallarry
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:35:45 AM PST
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: liberallarry
How long before the Muslims blow it up?
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:35:53 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: liberallarry
I hope it doesn't offend Muslims.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:36:05 AM PST
by
Minutemen
("It's a Religion of Peace")
To: liberallarry
Not really. It's something out of what is probably the oldest continually active religion on this planet. That's worth some respect, I think.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:37:02 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: liberallarry
Something out of Marvel comic books.What is?
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:37:42 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: SlowBoat407
"Devotees pierce the skin on their backs and chests with scores of hooks, or drive skewers through their cheeks and tongues before climbing to the temple.
Anyone else see a contradiction here?"
Not really. Christian monks and pilgrims used to whip themselves to "mortify the flesh." And that was just a few hundred years ago. No contradiction.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:39:00 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: MineralMan
Not really. It's something out of what is probably the oldest continually active religion on this planet. That's worth some respect, I think.
--Yes, Yes!!
To: MineralMan
I agree...but it's still an image out of Marvel comics, or a sci-fi movie.
To: MineralMan
active religion on this planet. That's worth some respect, I think.
Yes and no - depending on which account of history you accept, Hinduism post-dates the events of Genesis making the Judeo-Christian tradition the oldest religion on the planet.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:39:49 AM PST
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: liberallarry
Kind of reminds me of Goldar from that old Japanese TV show.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:41:40 AM PST
by
TOWER
To: Old_Mil
"Yes and no - depending on which account of history you accept, Hinduism post-dates the events of Genesis making the Judeo-Christian tradition the oldest religion on the planet."
Yes, well. Are you a believer that the events of Genesis happened around 6000 years ago? If so, then you have a point.
Either way, Hinduism is one of the great religions of this planet. Its history and beliefs are not for ridicule. Anyone who ridicules Hinduism mocks his own beliefs, as well, in my opinion.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:42:28 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: liberallarry
Actually the comics and sci-fi stuff came from images from Hinduism. It's not the other way around. Hindu sculptures of their deities go back in time farther than almost any other structures we have on this planet, save, perhaps the pyramids and other relics of the old Egyptian religions.
The difference is that Hinduism is still a major religion.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:44:16 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: MineralMan
"Not really. Christian monks and pilgrims used to whip themselves to "mortify the flesh." And that was just a few hundred years ago. No contradiction."
Yes and no. This "christian" practice was extra-Biblical, and, in fact, similiar early practices were criticised as unnecessary and distracting by St. Paul. (Although he did say to tolerate them, to a limited degree.)
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:45:34 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: MineralMan
Hilarious.
You lecture posters for mocking Hinduism, and say "Anyone who ridicules Hinduism mocks his own beliefs, as well, in my opinion," one line down from where you ridiculed the Jewish and Christian faiths.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:45:37 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Modesty hides my thighs in her wings)
To: MineralMan
Yes, well. Are you a believer that the events of Genesis happened around 6000 years ago? If so, then you have a point.
While I won't say specifically 6,000 on the nose, I will say that I believe that the events of Genesis happened within thousands or tens of thousands of years and that Hinduism is a later derivative of fertile crescent polytheism.
There are two broad views of religion: that monotheism was the original faith with polytheism being a "de"-volution of this original faith...and that animistic polytheism was the original faith and that monotheism is an evolution of it. Clearly, I believe the former to be the case.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:46:36 AM PST
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: liberallarry
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:47:14 AM PST
by
bonfire
To: MineralMan
Either way, Hinduism is one of the great religions of this planet. Its history and beliefs are not for ridicule. Anyone who ridicules Hinduism mocks his own beliefs, as well, in my opinion That's a weird statement coming from as avowed atheist.
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posted on
01/30/2006 8:47:44 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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