Posted: Jul 22, 2011 1:22 am
Kindly do not foist your own image of how India was on the actual past of India, since it very clearly appears that you have consumed the loads that have been doled out by the Marxist historians and the media, which is evident from your Brahmin bashing. I'm not a brahmin, but I am better aware of the reality - they make up such a miniscule part of the society that if all you said was true, the others would have decimated them ages ago. That seems to have not happened, why?
That said, India in the past did not have a rosy picture of an idealized society either. But it was definitely not as worse as you paint. And you are also attributing practices that cropped up later on after the invasions to the society before the invasions.
I am not here to waste my time by defending stuff. I am here to understand what atheism is - especially in a western perspective. I will put my experiences to use whenever I get the opportunity.
If you are ready to shed a narrow-minded, negative view of the pseudo-secular variety, we can have a discussion on what was and why. Else, it was nice talking to you. Good bye!
That said, India in the past did not have a rosy picture of an idealized society either. But it was definitely not as worse as you paint. And you are also attributing practices that cropped up later on after the invasions to the society before the invasions.
I am not here to waste my time by defending stuff. I am here to understand what atheism is - especially in a western perspective. I will put my experiences to use whenever I get the opportunity.
If you are ready to shed a narrow-minded, negative view of the pseudo-secular variety, we can have a discussion on what was and why. Else, it was nice talking to you. Good bye!