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Hindu Priest Heckled in US Congress

Kalisurfer View Member Profile	Jul 27 2007, 10:25 PM Post #1
Postmodern Punditeer Group: Full Member Posts: 4,960 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 24	This past week for the first time in its history, the US Congress opened a session with a Hindu prayer, which immediately grew complaints from fundamentalist Christian groups in the good old one true God loving USA. His prayer was stopped by hecklers in the public gallery. I read today in the Washington Post, that ISKCON and other Hindu organizations have released a press release condemning the heckling and the fact that no congressman has spoken or apologized to the Hindu community for the outburst and the negative publicity it has garnered in the Press and from Christian groups. News Story on Hindu Priest Heckled http://youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9To30Hz7A]YouTube Video of Incident[/URL] -------------------- "It's not how many times you draw breath that counts in a lifetime, but how many time something takes your breath away."

Bhaktavasya View Member Profile	Jul 28 2007, 04:30 AM Post #2
Pundit Group: Full Member Posts: 595 Joined: 27-March 05 From: victoria b.c. Member No.: 66	QUOTE (Kalisurfer @ Jul 27 2007, 03:25 PM) This past week for the first time in its history, the US Congress opened a session with a Hindu prayer, which immediately grew complaints from fundamentalist Christian groups in the good old one true God loving USA. His prayer was stopped by hecklers in the public gallery. I read today in the Washington Post, that ISKCON and other Hindu organizations have released a press release condemning the heckling and the fact that no congressman has spoken or apologized to the Hindu community for the outburst and the negative publicity it has garnered in the Press and from Christian groups. News Story on Hindu Priest Heckled http://youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9To30Hz7A]YouTube Video of Incident[/URL] From the comments on the above news article THOMAS PAINE "Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifiying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity." "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my church." --from Paine's book, "The Age of Reason" Which brings to mind John Lennon's GOD God is a concept By which we measure Our pain I'll say it again God is a concept By which we measure Our pain I don't believe in magic I don't believe in I-Ching I don't believe in Bible I don't believe in tarot I don't believe in Hitler I don't believe in Jesus I don't believe in Kennedy I don't believe in Buddha I don't believe in mantra I don't believe in Gita I don't believe in yoga I don't believe in kings I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me Yoko and me And that's reality The dream is over What can I say? The dream is over Yesterday I was the dreamweaver But now I'm reborn I was the Walrus But now I'm John And so dear friends You just have to carry on The dream is over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgyFYSkFBqQ