Gaurav S.’s last login was Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
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If you're interested in the difference between Scientology and other religions, I suggest Professor Kent's article on the subject:http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent.htmlTo sum: Religions are of some benefit to the community (he expresses this point from, to my mind, an unbiased and intelligent standpoint); Scientology is absolutely not and is, in fact, an obvious detriment.I've educated myself in the effects of both American Christianity and Scientology (the latter of which, unfortunately for my scholarship but fortunately for my sanity and safety, I have never been a member of). (Note that I use the same timeframe for each; bring up the Crusades and I'll put you on my 'morons' ignore list.) My own determination has been that while the former is committed to good works and usually succeeds in this endeavor, Scientology was conceived by a shyster and built on the backs of the conned. (For more information on this, I suggest 'Bare-Faced Messiah', the biography of L Ron Hubbard, which is available for free online.)There are also spiritual differences (namely, Scientology's brain-centric lack of spirituality or belief in a higher power), but I'm sure you would only wag your head in disapproval at this point of argument.I'm in no mood to hear more sarcastic generalities about the evil of religion (and any notes to that effect will be deleted from my profile as spam); unless you can counterpoint good works of Scientology with modern evils of American Christianity, I have nothing to offer but more information. If you have any questions or need more information, please either send me a note or visit Xenu.net.Just so you know: Jesus has done too much good in my life for me to ever be swayed by some half-baked quip about Catholic priests. I'm open to the exchange of ideas (in fact, if the subject is Scientology, I rather enjoy it); I have no time to be proselytized.
Te Quiero Mucho Mi Niño!
Hi Gaurav:Have a wonderful vacation! Take plenty of pictures while you are away and feel free to post to any of the themes we have set up. I can't wait to look through your selection of books!
Hi Gaurav:I see you have joined Photography Enthusiasts. Please feel free to join in the discussions. It's a really nice group of people and we are always looking for new active members. We have been posting themes and then sharing photos based on those themes. Hope to "see" you soon in the discussions!
lol . . .with your intellect and persuasiveness, I have no doubt it could happen.
lol . . .ok, I guess I'm so not winning "guess that profession" although I did guess you were in academia so I might get points for that. I will confess that I can see IT in the sense that you've got great logic and reasoning skills, but I haven't met many IT people with the writing skills that you have. I imagine you'll be doing some great things post graduation. I can tell you've clearly got plenty of talent.At any rate, have enjoyed your arguments re:atheism tremendously.
Hello Gaurav. SAll your book looks good~! Hope 2 be friends
hey - longer answer to your note when i'm not totally exhausted from walking the entire length of Zurich city proper:) - but yes, i am a published writer - no books - yet - but stories (sci-fi and fantasy) and articles in a mag i write for (political/social/cultural stuff) - and, did you remove the reply to me you wrote Justin's war crimes reply? - i was just going to reply "see, i didn't even have to say who i was talking about, he's so notorious" to you, but your reply wasn't there anymore...
hey Gaurav:) - i have been to Goa - steven and i went after we got married back in 1997 - India didn't suit me so well - hate hot and humid, and due to my stomach badness, i can't eat Indian food (but i love the bread and sweets) - however, Goa was just wonderful - we got a place by the beach and ate ourselves silly - plenty of simply sauteed in butter seafood and butter paratha bread - yummy! - well, and i downed many gin and tonics while steven got into the coconut fenny:) - btw, Steven is a New York Jew, so i get even more "international citizen" points for that! - heh heh - and to add to it - Steven's brother recently married an Indian girl from Washington, D.C. - but, she's Hindu and way more into Indian stuff than i am - they had a humongous wedding in D.C. where David rode in on a white horse and everything - i'd never been to a Hindu wedding - wow, what a production! - which is probably good - David can't get enough of Indian food:) - pretty funny at the wedding, though - with a bunch of Jewish people coming, they had to tone down the use of the swastika - a lot - Steven's family is not quite intellectual enough to realize that it was an Indian symbol waaaaaay before it was stolen by the Nazis - there was a bit of a stink about that - to be fair - it's a pretty dastardly symbol the way the Germans used it - and Steven has family who were killed in the camps - even though it is not at all the same symbol - it was rather uncomfortable for a few little incidents that week...very interesting about Delhi - i've never been there, although i expect we will at some point - yeah - from what i know about Hinduism, i'm with you - even at it's worst, i find Hinduism far more tolerable than the other "big two"well, don't worry about getting long-winded - i'm the queen of babblers:) - i'm a writer - i think it's practically a requirement!May the Force be with You :)
hey Gaurav:) - i'm fairly new to this Shelfari thing - all i did before actually participating in the Atheist group was start adding my books and other groups - i'm also unclear as to what the friendship thing does here, but what the heck - meeting new people is what it's all about, right? - and meeting people from all over the world with similar interests and stuff is my favorite part of all this - especially since there have been some very interesting conversations over at the Atheist group! - yup - i was born in India:) - moved to the states when i was just past 1 years old - the Indian side of my family is from Goa - they're mostly in Bombay - i'm afraid, i'm not very Indian though - no Hindi or anything culturally that stands out about me as Indian - i prefer to think of myself as - international:) - a citizen of the world, if you will - just fantastic to meet another of Indian descent who is on an Atheist group - i don't really meet many of them! - are there many? - i've never met another Indian who is an Atheist - i've been reading all your input on the group with much interest - so many cool people all in one place! - i'm a Star Wars fan as well - but definitely more of a Trekkie :) - happy posting:)
Hey GauravThe group has really been a success so far. We've only been going for just over a day, we have over 100 posts and 20 members.Everyone has made it successful by contributing. The other groups have a lot more members but they either don't use Shelfari anymore or just have nothing to say. The group is a haven from all those arguments. Well, it has been so far and I hope it stays that way. People can share their stories without fear of being attacked by others. I think it's great!Thank you for contributing so far. The Douglas Adams speech was very interesting although it took I while to read.
Hi Gaurav and welcome to our new group Just For Atheists. It looks like Steven has already been here to invite you. I was going to do so to but he beat me to it. However, I was the first to welcome you! Feel free to add and contribute to discussion threads (great to see you already have) and also add books to our shelf (which you have also done?). Anyway, hope to see more of you soon in our group!
hello gaurav s. I've seen you post on shelfari atheists. Another member and I have grown tired of the public posting and started another grouping (just for atheists) that would require membership and thusly limit religious subterfuge. We're hoping you'll stop by and give it a shot. hope to see you soon. Steven
yes! the works are not romantic in the strictest sense of the genre- romance...but more often than not they do use elements like drama and adventure descended from the conventions of the genre.
:)...depends on how u define the genre- romance... dickens, alcott, anna karenina...are at a very precarious juncture...both romance and realism
ur's id pic reminds me of scarlett letter by hawthorne...:)
Thanks! :)
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