induscrypt/religion

"The present paper deals with the Headless Goddess, discovered recently in the
Nuapada district of Orissa State.
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Wen I have some time, I'd like to read this.

I find it quite difficult to comprehend how young people who have been to schools or other educational institutions can favour religious outfits like BJP, Muslim League and so forth. And more and more educated people seem to be aligning to these outfits, the results of these elections notwithstanding.
It isn't that of a victory of secularism if it has come on the back of en-mass shifting of muslim votes. However, it's infinitely better than the prospect of feeding the egos of multitude of Hinduism goons infesting student political bodies and civil institutions in BJP led states.
Because tomorrow, these animals are going to come back to torch the children of our genetically impeccable Hindu lineage in the name of Manu-smritis and whatever rotten stuff our mugged up ancient scriptures may be holding.
It's interesting how a BJP supporter reacts to the idea that he is doing the exact same thing a Khomaini supporter in Iran was doing a few decades back.

From the page: "He shakes a little bottle of the material and holds it up with a flourish. It turns to liquid.

So is he saying the great "miracle" is nothing more than a conjuring trick?

"No, this is a self-working phenomenon," he maintains, adding: "I'm not questioning the honesty of the Church". "

From the page: "Some of these Muslim intellectuals called themselves â€Islamic Socialists.â€


Refusing to ally themselves with the capitalist-democracies of the West and cautious about openly supporting the USSR/communism due to the conservative nature of their respective societies, Islamic Socialists attempted to come up with a â€third way.â€


This third way was a more â€spiritual form of Socialism†combined with a â€non-egoistic†brand of secular capitalism.


One of the leading Islamic Socialist movements included â€Arab Socialism.†Developed in Syria, Arab Socialism combined traditional Arab Nationalism with Socialism.


Its strongest political expression was the Baâ€ath Socialist Party."

For some reason, our dear "Pope rejects condom use in Africa". No issues, as long as he's having a nice time over there.

From the page: "A key focus of Schopenhauer was his investigation of individual motivation. Before Schopenhauer, Hegel had popularized the concept of Zeitgeist, the idea that society consisted of a collective consciousness which moved in a distinct direction, directing the actions of its members. Schopenhauer, a reader of both Kant and Hegel, criticized their logical optimism and the belief that individual morality could be determined by society and reason. Schopenhauer believed that humans were motivated only by their own basic desires, or Wille zum Leben ("will": (literally, "will-to-life")), which directed all of mankind.[8] For Schopenhauer, human desire was futile, illogical, directionless, and, by extension, so was all human action in the world."

India and the myriad faiths.

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