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  1. SoundBrain

    Caste System and Status of Women in Hinduism

    Well, even though wikipedia is an open-source, we cannot add invalid references. Also I think, this discussion goes nowhere or somewhere completely different than I expected, with two staunch believers in their ways. Ancient History can only be assumed based on bits and pieces of information...
  2. SoundBrain

    A religion that is not bad.

    Well.. here is my reference.. Wikipedia: The text of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa as it stands dates to the later half of the 1st millennium AD, the centuries following the decline of the Gupta Empire. It is believed that the text was completed no later than around 1000 CE, when it is...
  3. SoundBrain

    Caste System and Status of Women in Hinduism

    Alright.. I shouldn't have thought that my final sentimental question would completely distract the discussion (even get frubals for you). Dvaita and Advaita doesn't even matter. Leave the philosophical mind frame and come out and look at the practical world. Regarding Dravidians and Aryans, I...
  4. SoundBrain

    A religion that is not bad.

    Well.. I have been brought up in a spiritual Hindu family too.. what is my evidence to say Buddha was not an incarnation of Vishnu?????? Do you have any evidence for the contrary? As for the Srimad Bhagavatam.. it was completed around 10th cen AD, which is over 15 centuries after Buddha. It...
  5. SoundBrain

    Caste System and Status of Women in Hinduism

    Thanks for your opinion. About the reservation system, I don't want that to perpetuate casteism, but there is no other go. How can you expect a particular group of people, who have never been allowed or only partially allowed to have education for centuries, to cope up with a group of people...
  6. SoundBrain

    Caste System and Status of Women in Hinduism

    First I would say that all the claims by Dr.Klaus K. Klosstermair are assumptions (I accept that it is the case for almost all of ancient history). And I can present a hundred more references for my claims too. I will never trust anything from a single researcher. Also, thanks, for now I know...
  7. SoundBrain

    Human Brain Could Be Replicated In 10 Years, Researcher Predicts

    That's probably an over-confident scientist out there. Brain remains more mysterious than even the phenomenon of God. There is no way it can be replicated any sooner.
  8. SoundBrain

    Music Poll Edit

    I voted for my cultural music wherever I come from. Thats Tamil classical music or Carnatic music or South Indian music. With Maestro Ilaiyaraja's music I had no options. But I hear to all kinds of music depending upon my mood.
  9. SoundBrain

    Caste System and Status of Women in Hinduism

    I definitely understand that using words like Dravidians and Aryans sound racial. I feel bad about that too. But all we try to do are countermeasures. You have to know how racial the actions and words of aryans are. For example, I will recommend a book named : 'Aryans, Jews, Brahmins ...
  10. SoundBrain

    Caste System and Status of Women in Hinduism

    Well.. I became an Atheist from being a Hindu. If someone tells you that the casteism is fast fading, that can either be taken as the joke of this century or just another rumor to keep Hinduism from fading. I would suggest you to read this post in another thread to know a little about history...
  11. SoundBrain

    Atheists/Agnostics Are you Happy?

    I am blissful all the time :D. To be honest, it is after when I decided to be an Atheist. But the transition time from being a Hindu to an Atheist was the most gruesome period of my life. lots of thinking affected my day-to-day life. I have always doubted the existence of god from when I was...
  12. SoundBrain

    Has anything shaken your choice of atheism?

    NO. Even though I am an Atheist, I don't hate religions.(In Brief) Religions/Gods were created to give comfort to the weak-minded in times of despair. When I understand the concept behind the religions/gods, no argument could ever shake my beliefs. I have become stronger and stronger after I...
  13. SoundBrain

    Atheist Wedding

    Atheist weddings are common in State of Tamil Nadu, India. It takes place the same way a Hindu marriage takes place but without the priest and sanskrit (since it is the language of aryans=casteism). I don't know how it is in US.. lol
  14. SoundBrain

    Thank you. Nice active forum I got here!

    Thank you. Nice active forum I got here!
  15. SoundBrain

    A religion that is not bad.

    Direct answer to your question is NO. Even though we may be able to create a religion with all such good things, no one can actually prevent the religion from being misunderstood in the future. A very good example from history is BUDDHISM. yes, people don't even know WHY the religion was...
  16. SoundBrain

    Atheists: Does your Disbelief Bother your Families?

    Yeah. In the beginning, I used to have hot-headed debates all the time with my friends and family. so it was quite restless those days. But constant pondering over the stuff gave me maturity and I don't try to force my opinions into others, since I know that forcing opinions are one of those...
  17. SoundBrain

    Discrimination Against Atheists?

    I come from South India (Tamil Nadu). Its not only that I have never been discriminated, but Atheists are looked upon with fear to be exact, since all the politics and such have been based upon Atheism. Since we had to fight against the caste-system (which is no less than racism and one of the...
  18. SoundBrain

    Why is the eating of pork forbidden in Islam?

    well.. eating pigs were prohibited in Islam based on complete scientific reasons.. just like Seyorni said. If people were to be stopped from the unnecessary losses they face because of the difficulties in raising pigs in hot climate, religion is the only way. So tat even a dumb person will obey...
  19. SoundBrain

    Atheists: Does your Disbelief Bother your Families?

    Hi everyone!! this is my first post. I loved this particular thread, so I joined this forum. I come from a Hindu family in South India. My parents have a huge belief in the presence of God/Gods, but they are pretty secular when it comes to other religions And so I had a lot of freedom to think...
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