--- On Sun, 15/3/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [silk] What is "Indian culture"?
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, 15 March, 2009, 12:30 PM
> > I found some aspects of your
> reply interesting. It is surprising to read of these
> aggressive methods of 'spreading the good Lord's word'; for
> a moment, I thought you live in Southern Baptist country.
> >
> > I don't see why being gifted a copy of the Bible
> represented such a major theological defeat; it's a book.
> >
> > Depending on which edition it is, and their quality
> and readability differs wildly, it's quite a readable book,
> and a lot of English writing is unintellligle without some
> knowledge of it. I have a King James version with me, which
> I use all the time. Having said that, I loathe the Old
> Testament, and use certain very specific bits in it only;
> Kings, of course, Genesis, Exodus, parts of Samuel. There
> are parts of the New Testament which are constant
> companions, especially in particularly difficult moments.
>
> I agree and being presented a book is something I welcome.
> That said
> the tenacity and the way they thrust the book at you is
> what is
> unwelcome. Also, an unwillingness to critically discuss the
> contents
> or religion in general also points to the true intent of
> presenting
> the book. A book or ideas in general presented by a closed
> mind is
> sometimes hard to accept at face value.
Point taken.
Just idle speculation as I recover slowly from the trial of bringing a cranky
89-year-old home from hospital: have you tried telling these bozos that this is
not the version of the Bible you follow, and it is a fixed religious principle
of yours not to accept scripture that does not adhere to norms that you do
follow? Might lead to a most interesting donnybrook. If you ever try it, or
have the intention to, could I have video rights worldwide?
On the other hand, if you haven't already read it, don't. I read one holy book
after constant needling and unnecessary provocation by Shiv, in order to get
ammunition to pulverise him, and it was not a happy experience. In fact, it led
to giving up the argument altogether.
>
> >At the end of the day, it boils down to the rule of law
> again.
>
> I wish it wouldn't come to that though. I once asked my
> science
> professor in the US (each year would have a separate area
> of science
> and in 7th it was biology) about evolution and he pretty
> much said he
> couldn't answer the question at the risk of losing his job.
> There is a
> fine line between guaranteeing the freedom for one and
> impinging on
> the freedom of others. Here my freedom to ask my teacher
> questions on
> something I found interesting and get answers and his
> freedom to help
> his students pursue their interests.
>
> Kiran
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