Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Thank you, Renuka, for breaking your silence. In the first mail addressed to you, I do not want to contradict you. So I shall only pose a few questions for you. Just think them over. <Cow - a Gomata- There are several reasons for this belief. Yadavas worshiped the cow because Shri Krishna was convinced that cow milk was a good source of nourishment for the children who would grow up to be strong men to fight the evil Kaunsa. > How come man is the only species which drinks milk meant for the young of some other species? In ancient times, even clouds, rocks and trees were worshipped. Should we continue the same practice without seeing them under new scientific light? By drinking milk of the cow, aren't we robbing the calf of its right? By the same logic, shouldn't we call a Buffalo or goat a mata? Our Father of the nation drank Goat's milk, so should we call Goat a Grandmother? Other sources of nourishment like Soya are higher in protein content. Should the Soya plant be called a Pita? <The cow has always been very useful to man and served him throughout her life, particularly in the earlier days.> Does this mean that I should start calling my Computer a father and my stethoscope a brother? <India is (was?) basically an agricultural country and the oxen played a major role in agriculture in the premechanized days. Cow dung was used as a fuel and to smear the floors. The cow's urine is considered to possess medicinal properties. The cow's hide is used for different purposes.> You have added the word 'was'. Does that not mean that the time is ripe to abandon this outdated practice? How many times a year do you smear your floor with cow dung? Morarji Desai considered his urine medicinal. Should we call him Pita? If utility is the criterion then today Bill Gates is the most useful. Shouldn't he be called Bill Mata? What about Pfizer and Ranbaxy? Don't they provide us with more medicinal help? <That's why we have festivals to honor both the cow and the bullock.> There is also a festival to honour the village idiot in Goa. He is crowned King Momo, the king for a day. In India there are 365 festivals a year to honour somebody or something. I have a calendar which has some festival on each and every day. Naag Panchami honours snakes. Vat Savitri honours trees. <I would also like to address another issue raised earlier about blood transfusion. Only normal saline, 5% albumin, ABO compatible plasma or plasma protein fraction (with packed RBCS) can be transfused with the blood and are approved by the FDA here.> Interesting. Wouldn't anyone wait until the blood bottle is completely transfused before adding plasma or protein fractions? What advantage would you gain by adding things to the blood bottle? Please do not take my mail as being a censure. I am very happy that you have written. I personally am not against Gau Mata. However, my attempt is to awaken everyone and start questioning long held beliefs. If you feel offended by my questions, please ignore them. But now that you have started, please do not stop writing. Like Ravin discussed earlier, we all are Deists. So we should never accept anything blindly without proper AND SCIENTIFIC reasoning. I think we should all have evidence based religion. Kishore Shah 1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Dear Ashok, > When it comes to GOD can we really be totally scientific and rational ??? If we can be scientific and rational about something, 0-1 logic implies that we are being irrational/absurd. Unfortunately we cant have fuzzy logic here... I have always held that man considers God an excuse... that is why God still exists in our minds. Ravin '82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 <----- Original Message ----- Most of us have some degree of weakness of heart/mind. I would rather go to the temple ( if I find solace and strenghth there ) rather than go to a psychiatrist/psychologist (no offense Nadu) for every small thing True faith develops/strengthens/boosts your " inner strength " > There you are Ashok. You have just proved my point. Religion IS the opiate of the masses (and maybe the asses). Kishore Shah 1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 Dear Ashok, Pardon my ignorance when you say - " Be vegetarian if you want to qualify as 100% Hindu - but you don't have to aim for such a high goal right away !! " Give me one religious reference that says you have to be a vegetarian to be a Hindu? Do you know that there is not one single reference that says Brahmins have to be vegetarians? Eating habits developed due to the abundance or scarcity of things in differenct areas (like you have said in one of your earlier mails - coastal brahmins eating fish)... I feel too much has been said on this topic, lets get over with it and move on to other interesting topics! What say you? Ravin '82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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