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For nearly four years I am a member of this forum and we have come across very many different shades of opinions/views, some not so flattering - especially when viewed in the backdrop of the universality of knowledge, capacity to understand, rebut or accept contrarian points of view on religion, scriptures, philosophies etc., which Brahmins have been reputed to be having. We had very ardent Shri Vaishnavite-turned- atheist, agnostics (like myself), very religious people and so on. There have been very strong dissensions and even flare-ups on different topics but all these were finally settled within the 'four walls' of this Forum.
But today seemed different in that some kind of jihadist pretensions were introduced, perhaps for the first time, into the discussions in this Forum. Luckily, Shri Praveen has intervened in time and settled the outburst, once again, within the 'four walls' of this forum.
On this occasion, I wish to thank Shri Praveen and Shri auh (for his posts shown below), and also others like Shri Vaagmi, Smt. Renuka, etc., who all stood up against the extremist outburst and its unpredictable consequences.
Shri auh's posts:
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2.
I am particularly grateful to Shri auh for bringing up my point of view ever so clearly in the second post.
I wish to remind all our members that on an earlier occasion, another very senior member broke away from this forum and started his own new forum and there was an invitation to me also to join that new forum. But I found that it was a mere Mutual Admiration Society dishing out, ad nauseum, topics which would possibly make even a hard core vaideekan to vomit out of sheer boredom! I don't know whether it exists now but a couple of our members were contributing there also.
My request to one and all of you is to look at this forum as a place for exchange of newer ideas and perspectives, instead of seeking to find endorsement of your own religious views, philosophy, belief system, the pantheon you worship etc., with a view to lessening your own deep- lingering doubts in these matters. Let us be prepared to accept that this world is full of different kinds of people. It is not possible to convert every one to our viewpoint, nor will it be practicable to prosecute people for writing down their points of view about religion, in the internet. Were this possible, millions of blogs and urls will attract the penal provisions of sec. 153A and/or sec.295 (A) of the IPC, and the governments will have a tough time in dealing with other, more pressing cases.
So, let us forget what has happened, and strive to continue making this Tamil Brahmins.com forum a clearing house of ideas on various topics including religion, philosophy, worship-/belief- systems, scriptures and criticism thereof in parliamentary language, etc., without succumbing ourselves to partisan, narrow-minded thought processes, and insisting on a "My way or the prison cell!" kind of ideology.
Thank you all!
But today seemed different in that some kind of jihadist pretensions were introduced, perhaps for the first time, into the discussions in this Forum. Luckily, Shri Praveen has intervened in time and settled the outburst, once again, within the 'four walls' of this forum.
On this occasion, I wish to thank Shri Praveen and Shri auh (for his posts shown below), and also others like Shri Vaagmi, Smt. Renuka, etc., who all stood up against the extremist outburst and its unpredictable consequences.
Shri auh's posts:
1.
2.
I am particularly grateful to Shri auh for bringing up my point of view ever so clearly in the second post.
I wish to remind all our members that on an earlier occasion, another very senior member broke away from this forum and started his own new forum and there was an invitation to me also to join that new forum. But I found that it was a mere Mutual Admiration Society dishing out, ad nauseum, topics which would possibly make even a hard core vaideekan to vomit out of sheer boredom! I don't know whether it exists now but a couple of our members were contributing there also.
My request to one and all of you is to look at this forum as a place for exchange of newer ideas and perspectives, instead of seeking to find endorsement of your own religious views, philosophy, belief system, the pantheon you worship etc., with a view to lessening your own deep- lingering doubts in these matters. Let us be prepared to accept that this world is full of different kinds of people. It is not possible to convert every one to our viewpoint, nor will it be practicable to prosecute people for writing down their points of view about religion, in the internet. Were this possible, millions of blogs and urls will attract the penal provisions of sec. 153A and/or sec.295 (A) of the IPC, and the governments will have a tough time in dealing with other, more pressing cases.
So, let us forget what has happened, and strive to continue making this Tamil Brahmins.com forum a clearing house of ideas on various topics including religion, philosophy, worship-/belief- systems, scriptures and criticism thereof in parliamentary language, etc., without succumbing ourselves to partisan, narrow-minded thought processes, and insisting on a "My way or the prison cell!" kind of ideology.
Thank you all!
