Probably quite a few hundred million people in the world would oppose to reinterpreting their religion. "Modern" and "rational" are quite opposite to "blind faith". Being "quiet about bad things" is essentially the same as "ignoring" them. As for judging the religious books in the context of the time of their creation, I have always been a proponent of keeping the religious books in the libraries for people to do research on their past; which is essentially the same as judging them by their time, as opposed to allowing them to be anything like a code of life today or tomorrow.
Obviously, I would learn anything good that can be learnt from any religious book. However, a really honest reading of some parts of most of the god-fearing religions should make sensible good people feel disgusted. Those parts of the religions could not be just ignored, especially when they are used by ignorant and hateful minds to exploit, persecute, brutalize and kill regular good people.
SuBain
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On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:21 PM, Subimal Chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
Ignoring or trashing (sounds rude) may not be a good thing to do. There will always be people who instead of ignoring it will try to thrive on it thereby polluting the society. The middle path can be to reinterpret it or analyze it with a modern and rational mind so that the readers can make up their own minds. In an orthodox society the best thing the leaders can do is to promote the good things and be quiet about the bad things.
Although I have been a confirmed atheist for the last 45 years or so, I see all religious books (neither revealed nor holy to me) as important documents that reflect the socio-economic conditions of the periods concerned. I am in favor of judging in terms of time and space in which it was created. Many of the teachings in their are still valid today if not universal. I believe in the transcendental meanings. That is how the renaissance looked at the old and ancient literature and art. Ravindranath and Madhusudan have used them this way.
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Whatever the Gita is, any rubbish in any religious book should be ignored (politically correct) or trashed (politically incorrect, can even get the honest and sensible critic killed).From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] [মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ] 'শ্রীমদভগবাদগীতা, ভগবানের মুখনিঃসৃত বর্ণবৈষম্যের বিষবাষ্প'Gita is said to have been composed during the Abasid regime in Baghdad. Khrishna is not a Vedic God. His "Sarbadarmam parityajya.." is essentially Islamic in nature. Those who consider Gita as divine song should study Hinduism beyond elementary level, as their comprehension is not better than that.2014-02-04 WordPress <mailto:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8@vps5925.inmotionhosting.com>:মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ has posted a new item,'শ্রীমদভগবাদগীতা, ভগবানের মুখনিঃসৃত বর্ণবৈষম্যের বিষবাষ্প' বর্ণপ্রথা বা বর্ণবৈষম্য হিন্দুধর্মের সবচেয়ে বেদনাদায়ক অধ্যায়।হাজার বছরেরও বেশী সময় ধরে এই বিষবাষ্পে দগ্ধ হচ্ছে হিন্দু সমাজ।বর্ণশ্রেষ্ট হিন্দুদের মধ্যে এই প্রথা এখনও প্রবল।তথাকথিত উচ্চবর্ণের হিন্দুরা এখনও নিচুবর্ণের হিন্দুদের ঘৃণার চোখে দেখে।মাত্র কিছুকাল আগেও উচ্চ শ্রেণীর হিন্দুবাড়ীতে নিন্মবর্ণের হিন্দুদের(যাদের মূলত দিনভিত্তিক কাজ বা জন খাটার জন্য নিয়োগ করা হতো) খাওয়া দাওয়ার জন্য আলাদা থালা বাটি রাখা [...] You may view the latest post at http://mukto-mona.com/bangla_blog/?p=39541 You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Best regards, মুক্তমনা বাংলা ব্লগ ।
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