Tell me how many people can even read Sanskrit now. The common man. Which can go out and weigh the practices and cultural nuances vs. what the books actually cite. I am NOT being judgmental, so please be careful what you slap my arguments with. I have not come to the conclusion that they have...
Better to be pragmatic and face the reality of life. It is not about me reading the original Sanskrit text. You think the people running the temples will hear the logic if I tell them that it is not written so. I am talking about daily practices of religion, which have become the norm.
To be...
Actually cows got the status cause during the old (sic.?) times they were gifted to temples and Brahmins as gifts. Later on killing a cow became equivalent to killing a Brahmin priest. This is how religion transgresses from text---->culture--->habit--->ideology--->rule de facto. Also for the...
Those texts hold no value anymore, unless it is for the vedic rituals and ceremonies like marriage. The absence of mention of the archaic practices (or misuse) still does not justify what is done in the name of religion -all- of them.
Strawman.
I am not even talking about Islam, for Christ's sake. Why are you bringing that up. And I am not ignoring Mediator and his posts, I am not part of that discussion. Try to understand how religion is controlled by men (not animals); and it is used as a tool and device for graduation and...
That is how religion is misconstrued and propagated. It is never an exact science. Iconography/practices and dogma: progress/vary as time moves. So it is the religion it self which is refusing.
A lot of temples refuse to marry non-Hindu (if one is non-Hindu) and the gotra per say is not clear.
Religion is an innate part of our culture and heritage. It will be in all discussion...!
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