01-18-2009, 11:15 PM
I do not hold a person's religion against her or him. Her or His activities are far more important. If they are going to worship the black stone in the form of lingam or in the form of the square box at Mecca, it is their business. Is the person with reverence to the black stone in Mecca undermining India or Hinduism? That is what I would like to know.
Indicating Prannoy Roy is a Christian or say some one as a Hindu portrays the list from a different angle. I am not saying that angle is unnecessary, it is just that I am not traveling that route. Is Udit Raj a Christian? Does it matter? To some it does, to some it does not. But what I am trying to see is who is he connected to. He seems to be connected to organizations and people who want to plant more churches in India. That is a red flag in my mind. Mariam, wife of N.Ram, being a Chrisitian does not offer us any more valuable information.
As you can see I do not say Sitaram is a communist, I say he belongs a party. I say Santorum belongs to Republican party. I say DFN is connected to several members who are connected to Christian organizations. Are all the folks in International Rivers misguided folks? Definitely protecting environment is a good thing, right? So I have not listed their ideology yet.
If Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Communism etc are ideologies, then the actors actions is what tells us more about them.
You have valid points, and have convinced me to some extent. But is a person just anti-Hindu or anti-India or has an hidden agenda just because she or he is a Christian? Or a Muslim? Or a Hindu? I do not want the list to appear as being suspicious of someone just because she or he belongs to a particular religion. I think we derive more value when we connect an individual to other individuals and organizations with a particular kind of activity - say like spreading Christianity.
Indicating Prannoy Roy is a Christian or say some one as a Hindu portrays the list from a different angle. I am not saying that angle is unnecessary, it is just that I am not traveling that route. Is Udit Raj a Christian? Does it matter? To some it does, to some it does not. But what I am trying to see is who is he connected to. He seems to be connected to organizations and people who want to plant more churches in India. That is a red flag in my mind. Mariam, wife of N.Ram, being a Chrisitian does not offer us any more valuable information.
As you can see I do not say Sitaram is a communist, I say he belongs a party. I say Santorum belongs to Republican party. I say DFN is connected to several members who are connected to Christian organizations. Are all the folks in International Rivers misguided folks? Definitely protecting environment is a good thing, right? So I have not listed their ideology yet.
If Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Communism etc are ideologies, then the actors actions is what tells us more about them.
You have valid points, and have convinced me to some extent. But is a person just anti-Hindu or anti-India or has an hidden agenda just because she or he is a Christian? Or a Muslim? Or a Hindu? I do not want the list to appear as being suspicious of someone just because she or he belongs to a particular religion. I think we derive more value when we connect an individual to other individuals and organizations with a particular kind of activity - say like spreading Christianity.