Re: REALLY OT: News Flash
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:19:01 +0530
Vibhav Sharma <vibhav@drishti-soft.com> wrote:
> Dan H. wrote:
> > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >
> >
> >> When the Bible says something, I believe it.
> >>
> >
> > Isn't that a bit silly? After all, the Bible is a collection of
> > stories,
> Also in support of that viewpoint .... what about all the other
> collection of stories. I'm notionally a Hindu, as in my parents and
> all their ancestors were.
> (I'm actually an atheist but try explaining that over here :) ). So
> we (about a billion of us, according to the census, that's about
> 1/6th of the world's population by the way)
> go for our 'stories' that all the universe was created by the Lord
> Brahma, it's maintainer is Lord Vishnu and the Lord Shiva's job is to
> destroy it someday by doing the 'Tandava',
> the 'Dance of Destruction'. Our culture is actually quite rich, wrt
> to stories, check out Hinduism on Wikipedia
> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism]. So you say that god never
> considered telling about 1/6th of the world's population of how
> he/she/it made the universe. And btw, Hinduism is not all, there is
> also Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and more with their own stories too ...
>
> Now doesn't the view that they all are wrong and Christanity's view
> is right seem a bit implausible. Doesn't the idea that 'The Bible' is
> another collection of stories and nothing more seem more likely.
Not necessarily, they can all be right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_the_Wise
Please don't consider that the parable speaks of only three rings
(should be at least 5), but I think the moral of the story is great not
only in regards to religious tolerance (as put in the wikipedia
article), but also in the never-ending debate of which religion is The
True One.
Regards,
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)
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