On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:19:01 +0530 Vibhav Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
