From: ngopalas@ho12.eng.ua.edu (Nath S. Gopalaswamy)
Subject: Re: Vedas are NOT shit ( was Re: Animal Sacrifice in Temples
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 07:19:28 GMT

From: rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh)  MOST stupidly writes:
                        
>I also think that rig Vedas are crude writings compiled from Aryan scripts.    
>Hinduism will do fine without it. I'll take Bhagwath Geeta to heart and        
>put the Vedas where they ought to be: in the closet!                           

I find it extremely ironic that you believe in the Geetha, after all is that
not a creation of Aryans too? Was it not written in an Aryan script too?
And not to mention that many philosophers  and saints hold the belief that
the Geetha is a condensed version of all the important sayings in the Vedas
and the Upanishads. 

Of course I keep forgetting that you have read the Vedas in their entirety
and have reached the conclusion that they are worthless. There is a saying that
a fool with half knowledge is the most dangerous of all. Listen, if you do 
not possess full knowledge of what you are talking about, do not expose your
ignorant, prejudiced and biased viewpoint. Please do not assume the arrogance
to pass judgement on behalf of Hinduism. You might find, quite to your 
surprise, that many disagree with you.
                                                                               
>Has anyone seen the Aug. 14-45 India Today?  Comical pictures of BJP are       
>in it. These guys, while claiming to uphold Hinduism, are making a             
>complete mockery of it. Dirty, pitiless bunch of politicians exploiting the  
>weakness of the mass. Their fertilizer: Hindu Vs. Muslim tensions.. 
>I'm surprised they have come up this far. And I bet they sleep w/ the Vedas.   
>And I wrote this for the Ayatullah Gopalaswamy.  See the parallels? 

Your most UNclever, contrived innuendo falls flat on its face. So wipe that
stupid, smug expression off your face and read carefully.
If you were subscribed to INDIA-D, you would have known that I am not 
particularly fond of the BJP or the RSS. In fact my articles were against
denigrating Islam. Similar to your blanket generalization of the Vedas, a
person had written about the Quran. Every book has its own good and bad points,
just because I do not like some points in a book does not mean I can say it
is like shit. If you do not like it, fine, that is your privilege, but remember
that millions of others do not share your views. So do not hurt their sentiments
by saying it is like shit. There is a difference between sincere and intelligent
criticism or debate and mockery or slander. GET IT? Calling something shit is
*not* criticism, it is mockery.   

>suresh                                                                  
>'purRatchi manithan'                                                            

Of course if I really had been Ayatullah, by now there would be a 'price' on
your head :-). And next time, think before you write something or call someone
names OK? I know your tiny mind will have a hard job getting rid of all that
prejudice, but try hard, who knows, wonder of wonders, you might actually
succeed! ;-)

Nath.
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