Temples should allow non-Hindus, agree? - Page 7

Originally posted by: souro

Can't say about other Hindu temples but yes Jagannath temple in Puri does have this rule. People of other religions are not allowed there. Though am not surprised at all, with the kind of hostility famous temples had to face throughout those Islamic invasions it's only natural. Infact, when Buddhism came to power even they ransacked many temples (which is why I don't get it when people claim that only buddhists are the only one who have never been the aggressor).

Originally posted by: crazy_sunny

The trouble that we had on the Ramjanma bhoomi thread for calling a temple a structure !!! Here RTH goes again - calling it pvt institute !

I see no fireworks yet 😉 Members must have matured since my last visit here 😆

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I was unaware that structure and private institution were blasphemy. 😕

SVCG must have hit everyone with the thesaurus.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

This is new information for me. Do you have any links or references for further reading on this matter? I'd love to read more into it.

Originally posted by: souro

I don't really have any proofs for this. Two names of important temples that I can mention are Angkor Wat and Badrinath. However, quite a large number of people at that time became Buddhists, maybe they altered the temple to suit their new need. So, 'ransack' was the wrong word to use I guess, as I don't know whether they used force to arm-twist the remaining Hindus to give up or not. Maybe they just got rid of the deities which they no longer believed in and altered some of the carvings to make them those of Buddha.

Btw, since you were talking about temples being private institutes used by the public. I was thinking then what about schools? If authorities of school A doesn't allow students of school B to enter school A (especially during school hours), will we say that the authorities are wrong in doing that?

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I'd say more research would have to be done to determine what happened with Angkor Wat and Badrinath. But if you find more info please do share.

Schools public or private have to have nondiscriminatory admission procedures. Students are tied to their school after a fair admission process. They still can enter other school premises for sports, competitions, social events etc. During school hours is a different issue because they should be studying and one can disrupt the other.

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

its almost like calling your dad "dude:"..😆.. not illegal but maybe not done... some reverence is expected...

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

To clarify, I have never used these 'terms' out of disrespect or lack of reverence.

Faith and belief is what makes something holy, reverent and important. This faith is irreversible, and each person who has faith will see temples, churches, mosques, in their own unique perception of faith. Faith is emotional and you cannot argue or debate with faith.

So sometimes in order to debate you have to take away some of the emotions attached to it and debate based on the core logical terms. Now I know faith is strong with some people, and such things are unpalatable. But if it is legitimate rhetoric you are interested in then you know that appeal to emotions (anger, faith, sympathy, love etc) is considered a fallacy.