RE: Holy books on trial
September 29, 2016 at 3:18 pm
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2016 at 3:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 29, 2016 at 3:03 pm)mcolafson Wrote: Greetings,
please have a look at this wikipedia link...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_G..._in_Russia
The Bhagavad Gita trial in Russia was a trial that commenced in 2011 about banning the Russian edition of the book, Bhagavad Gita As It Is (1968), a translated version of the Hindu holy text, Bhagavad Gita, on charges of religious extremism. It contains a translation and commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement.
Isn't it a wonderful idea?
Why not put other Holy books on trial?
Bible... “go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey”
It was the specific translation that they wanted to put on trial. Apparently, the author went hindu hitler in the commentary. They ended up dropping it...not because anyone disputed that, but because it was common to religious literature (lol......LOL)...so...pretty much expected and tolerated for other reasons.
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