Originally posted by: return_to_hades
Novel = Fiction? 😕 The Diary of Anne Frank was fiction? Grr these conspirators. 😡 I thought novels could be fictional, non-fictional, biographical, inspired by real events.
True history can be made into a novel. G-Unit is not denying the historical existence of people mentioned in these scriptures. But she is reiterating the fact that these books were written by humans, human beings who embellished history to make it appealing to the times. The Iliad and Odysseus, The Oresteia, The Epic of Gilgamesh, these are all embellished historic accounts, albeit from ancient times therefore of lowly importance. Besides there is also no reason why scripture should not have dramatic qualities of a best seller novel.
there r no embellishments to the story or ram and krishna. we have evidence of what they are all over india. scriptures may have dramatic qualities but that does not make it a novel. no they r written to teach the way ot life to its followers and they r books of worship or sacred book.
Yes Rama and Krishna existed. I never denied their existence being historic fact. I'm skeptical of their divinity, because even archaeological evidence does not prove it. You are free to believe in them in whatever way you please. To me they will always be moral parables for guidelines.
if ram is not god then how are the rock floating in the indian ocean. do u have any scientific reason for that? no. so till the time u cannot prove they r not god, u cannot say it. believe sure, but that does not give u the right to call our holy books novel. everyone has their beliefs but that does not mean u can insult or ridicule the others'. u dont think they r divine people, fine. but it does not give u the right to insult other's religious beliefs.
When some people read scriptures, they take these lead characters literally to be Gods. Others take them to be symbolic of God and moral values due to the ideal characteristics people possessed. Its a matter of personal perspective and choice. 😊
some people for u but its millions of people across the world. ramayan and mahabharat r written by human being right but they character r not human being. and not we do not take them to be god but we know they r god. if u dont believe it fine keep it to your self. it affects our sentiments to question their being a god or not.
Fine. You know them to be God. You have the right to express your belief that they are God. But I think as a skeptic of the divine mortal concept, I have the freedom to express it. I do not think why I should have to keep skepticism to myself. Skepticism is not an insulting or negative quality. I do not expect people to keep faith to themselves because it affects my skepticism.
fine i dont want u to think of them as god or question their existance but refrain from ridiculing our holy books on a public forum. till now it had been fine. i ONLY have problem with holy books being compared to novel.u know it is belived to keep evil away from u if u keep these holy books with u. then how do u compare it to novel?
novels can be adopted from history but not epics or books of worship. yes an idea can be picked up but calling an epic a novel i dont know how can u justify it. she is not calling a novel inspired from a ramayan or mahabharat a novel but an epic, a book of workship a novel.
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You call them scriptures and follow them as such. I call them books and read them as such. I'm not denying you, your freedom, your choice or your faith.
nor am i denying u your freedom of speech or beleifs or even expressing them, but in a respectable manner.
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