07-24-2006, 03:33 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is said that Krishna waged 17 wars with Jarasandha with 23 akshauhinis of military. I know that you are aware of how much an akshaunhini is made of. All those fighters were killed. And you add the inumerable civilians killed in those wars. The Mahabharatha war was waged with 18 aksahuhinis. All of them except seven were killed. These are a few accounts from just two wars. If you look into all Hindu scriptures, they are full of such accounts.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yes, wars. And in wars, people die. These were declared wars and both sides were kshatriyas.
I hope you are not comparing the Hindu cases in our religious books with the Christian genocide of the native people of N and S America. That wasn't war you know, with one side fleeing for its life and the other shooting them down. Those are called massacres of unarmed civilians. Also, that's a page not out of religious scripture, but documented history.
But then, only a Christian can compare the two and think it levels the playing field.
I hope you are not comparing the Hindu cases in our religious books with the Christian genocide of the native people of N and S America. That wasn't war you know, with one side fleeing for its life and the other shooting them down. Those are called massacres of unarmed civilians. Also, that's a page not out of religious scripture, but documented history.
But then, only a Christian can compare the two and think it levels the playing field.