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Devadasi (Hinduism)
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the site is awash with christin/muslim debate, but for a change something of a talking point is the life of the devadasi girls of hinduism in india, following a bbc4 programme i watched last night.
a link to the programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xyzjy
anyone esle watch it ? it was very sad really. is it religious intent/honoring, or do you think this is just the only way that the families believe they can earn some money?
an article here also explains it a bit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk...outh_asia/6729927.stm
a link to the programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xyzjy
anyone esle watch it ? it was very sad really. is it religious intent/honoring, or do you think this is just the only way that the families believe they can earn some money?
an article here also explains it a bit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk...outh_asia/6729927.stm
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Not necessarily. I don`t think I want to go there due to the fact that I`ll get the religious/.athiest contingent wanting to discuss that issue until kingdom come. DT aren`t you a west country person born and bred? I am and you must know if you come from the south west where the sea is in your blood, there is a lot of superstition that comes into play but it has nothing to do with religion.
"Isn't religion founded on superstition?"
I'm inclined to agree with DT on that point and would in fact argue that religion might well be the preeminent superstition. ~ http://www.google.com...1&fp=b9d89de37295e86f
I'm inclined to agree with DT on that point and would in fact argue that religion might well be the preeminent superstition. ~ http://www.google.com...1&fp=b9d89de37295e86f
perhaps some underlying superstition, but really i was wondering whether marrying their children to a god (i.e selling them as prostitutes) adds some "legitimate" justifcation to earning money in their minds ? thus to these hindus their children are not sex slaves, but adherent religious followers, who happen to make money.
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