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I know that. I was only following the same guidelines Steelfish set to describe who a Hindu is, and who a Catholic is.

And those guidelines, pardon my Sumerian, are utter rot. 99% + of Hindus would think Sati an unpardonable crime -- they would also and they also HAVE condemned anti-Christian violence.

A Question to you, MTCC, why would Hindus condemn anti-Christian violence but not anti-Muslim violence? I suspect it is because Christians like Hindus in this modern day are inclined to live and let live. Hence the hindus in the US and the Christians in India.


Anyone can SEE that the anti-Sikh riots were political and the anti-Christian riots in Orissa were political, ethnic and about the reservation system

The anti-Christian riots in Karnataka, were political and also due to evangelical groups saying thrash about Hinduism -- and since Catholic churchs are the most visible, they got attacked. Those Christian groups should NOT have done that, just like steelfish can choose better, non-insulting language in this debate. Hindus should NOT have done that in Karnataka (that was religious, no tinge of ethnic issues like Orissa) -- they were influenced by politicians


Hindu-Christian DIALOGUE is possible. For example, I, for one, disagree with the Hindu concept of humans being part of God and for all objects to be part of God, namely that there is no separation between the creator and the created. I can tell you I don't believe this, I can tell you WHY I don't believe it (because I think it degrades the concept of the divine) and we can mutually agree to disagree. I see no point in insulting you about your beliefs -- instead of making you open to listening to me, you'll immediately raise walls and not listen to even some points you may agree with.

Catholic schools have been in India for centuries -- you, yourself, may have passed out from one. And many of what I would call Christian thought and action has permeated many Hindus. So what if they don't take the final step? Christians and Hindus can demonstrably live alongside each other with no clashes.

However, neither religion can live alongsideislam -- that religion violently attacks others, so is not one that can be tolerated in a civilised world

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

The problem with Islam is fundamental. It was designed after the observations of the prominent faults of the other two religions it was invented out of- Judaism and the various flavors of Catholicism and Syrian Christianity. It ascertains supremacy and dominance over all other faiths, and by doing so, paints on itself a big, round target.

Atheism has so far concentrated on the various religions of “Christianity” and its fallacies. That’s changing. If the YouTube videos are anything to go by, Islam is the new target.

The Muslims, by the strict definition of their aims and faith as conferred upon themselves by their religion, are fundamentally antagonistic to all other religions and any hopes of reconciliation is founded on ignorance on part of the Muslims themselves, regarding the aim of their faith.