[Reader-list] Ways of Life and Transgressions

[Ishwar]

In short, what I wanted to say was this -
Do religious communities have a monopoly on hurt - No
Do I, as a believer in individual's rights have a right to get hurt - Again, no, because of my choices.

 Ishwar


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----- Original Message ----
From: Ishwar <ishwarsridharan at yahoo.com>
To: Aarti Sethi <aarti.sethi at gmail.com>; inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com>; Sarai Reader-list <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2008 6:07:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Ways of Life and Transgressions

Kudos to a well-written reply, andofcourse,  to TeadBeeDi too :)

While we're at it, how about a little bit of thought on this too?

While questioning religious communities' monopoly on "hurt", one must also take into consideration frameworks. 
Religious
frameworks by their very nature have the concept of blasphemy, to
various degrees, be it 'kadavul kutram' (blasphemous talk against the
divine)  from where I come, to  blasphemy laws, etc.wherein the concept
of individual liberty is weighed down in front of a higher divine.

As
liberals(or feminists or apathetists, or any ists), we have
chosen/adopted/devised our own framework which channelises such hurt to
productive means.The world has other frameworks too. Taking this
concept of channelising hurt to a different religious framework and
expecting it to be adopted/respected is as naive as, say, a scientist
expecting his/her ideas on non-existence of god, or proof of evolution
to be accepted by the religious community.

That religious frameworks can change is a different discussion altogether.


Ishwar


Just another resurrected Neozoic Archosaur comics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojosaurus/sets/72157600257724083/