02-08-2009, 12:04 AM
HareKrishna:
The positive views on isl/chr are there, I am not denying it.
I am saying that it took time for this positive view to be built up, and it will take time for the reality to come out. Exposing isl/chr has just started with the web coming out, that is what, 20 yrs? And the web was nowhere near today's web 10 yrs ago. While the building up process has had centuries to implant itself thru kings, colonialists, and missionaries.
Shaivas: You got me wrong. I am not saying shaivas are a problem. I am a shaiva myself, I do not believe in changing one's kuladaivat just because you go to iskon. I am saying iskon will have problems with shaivas. Because telling hard core shaivas that "Shiva is very good, what you are doing is good, but krishna is supreme" will not amuse them. Shiva is supreme for them. Period. At least the hard core ones. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I could not care either way, as long as people are Dharmic. But problems will arise, that is all I am saying.
Yeah, I know about iskon's views on Shiva, he is the premier vaishnav or close to that.
The positive views on isl/chr are there, I am not denying it.
I am saying that it took time for this positive view to be built up, and it will take time for the reality to come out. Exposing isl/chr has just started with the web coming out, that is what, 20 yrs? And the web was nowhere near today's web 10 yrs ago. While the building up process has had centuries to implant itself thru kings, colonialists, and missionaries.
Shaivas: You got me wrong. I am not saying shaivas are a problem. I am a shaiva myself, I do not believe in changing one's kuladaivat just because you go to iskon. I am saying iskon will have problems with shaivas. Because telling hard core shaivas that "Shiva is very good, what you are doing is good, but krishna is supreme" will not amuse them. Shiva is supreme for them. Period. At least the hard core ones. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I could not care either way, as long as people are Dharmic. But problems will arise, that is all I am saying.
Yeah, I know about iskon's views on Shiva, he is the premier vaishnav or close to that.