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Re: SRH Reorg FAQ
In article <4sec7e$clq@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
>And in such a way that he can defend himself later, I might add. If I remember
>right, he said something like "is a lingam worshipping lingayat homosexual a
>hindu" or something like that.
You'd better work harder on your memory. The example I gave was not
some abstract example, but a very concrete one. I know of a group of
people who are lingayats, who are mostly not Indian, and some of them
are gay. They are, however, very serious about being lingayats.
So, the question I posed is this - would _you_ consider them Hindus?
>Note that he can defend himself by saying that
>he was giving an example if questioned later and also feel satisfied about
>insulting shaivas.
I merely stated the facts, and if that somehow insults you or whoever
else, then I think you have a very thin skin. This issue of
"nontraditional" members of various religions groups has been around
for a while, and will continue to be around for a while.
The only question to me is "if you claim you have a definitive answer
to who is and is not a Hindu, do the people I've mentioned get
labelled as Hindus or not?"
It's a very simple question, and if you're trying to make political
hay over it, that suggests to me that what you're lacking is a good
answer.
>I voted YES for srv and hardly care if some vaishnavas consider themselves
>hindu or not (though the mind boggles at such a possibility). However, I am
>against the RFD for other reasons I have already cited, for which I received
>no satisfactory answers.
And the last time you mentioned this, you were asked to repost the
questions you felt were not answered. Have you?
-Vivek
