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Name: Shouvik Banerjee on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dipali Banerjee on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Sudipto Banerjee on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Sharbani Banerjee on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anupam Shome on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Aindrila Dutta on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Pritesh on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Shikha Bhat on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Joy Basu on Jul 23, 2007Comments: It is so tragic that individuals who claim to believe in God, twist his words and tarnish his intentions as you have done. Ignorantly attacking Hinduism in this manner is nothing but a manifestation of weakness, and an attempt to spread hate. Religious extremists, like David Barton and his uneducated followers, are a variation of Jihadists. These people are consumed by selfish motives, blind to reason, and a threat to America and everything positive that faith can bring to this world. They are obviously unaware of the diversity and tolerance that have been promoted in India for thousands of years. Unfortunately, few countries would allow individuals of different religions to coexist as they do in India. I used to think America was one such nation. Christians (24 million), Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and Hindus have lived together to make India stronger for centuries. It takes a progressive society to allow a woman or man to be head of state; India crossed that threshold decades ago, and America is still struggling with that concept. Without the Hindu inspiration guiding Gandhi, Dr. King may not have been able to drive the American civil rights movement. Then again, these backwards people would likely promote an America divided by race, color, and sex. Those who agree with David Barton are attempting to fight progress and peace. In my opinion, Mr. Barton brings shame to the beauty of Christianity and the courage of America.Flag
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Name: Manjima Bose on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Christian Stober on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Kushal Nandam on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Tracy Wells on Jul 23, 2007Comments: As a deeply committed Christian, I was horrified to hear about the actions of those individuals who interrupted the Hindu chaplain's prayers on the floor of the Senate. Reading Mr. Barton's comments was also disturbing because of the level of misinformation he put forth about Hinduism. As a member of a with freedom of religion and freedom of speech, Mr. Barton certainly has the right to believe that only Christianity can bring salvation, and I would defend his right to assert this, even if I don't agree with it, but he should at least get his facts straight about another faith before he tries to critique it -- a base level of education about one's "opponent" is only a common courtesy. The comment that Hinduism is "not a religion that has produced great things in the world" was particularly offensive to me, having studied Indian religion and culture in college and graduate school and being very familiar with the MANY great things that civilization and culture and faith has produced in the world. Sure, there are negative elements, but so are there in Christianity and American and Western culture. One of my religion professors in college used to say that you should never compare the best in your own tradition with the worst in someone else's, and that is precisely what Mr. Barton has done here (although even some of his comments about Hinduism were inaccurate entirely). I recently returned from a conference of the North American Interfaith Network (www.nain.org) where the theme was "religious freedom." We met in Richmond, Va. and reflected on the legacy of religious freedom in America that began in Virginia 400 years ago with the founding of Jamestown. This petition mentions the Founding Fathers' openness to learning about and learning from faiths other than Christianity, and to those who would say that the Founding Fathers meant to protect only religious freedom WITHIN a Christian or Abrahamic context, I would offer this quote, from Thomas Jefferson's autobiography, in reference to the writing of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom -- Jefferson writes, "Where the preamble [to the VA Statute on Religious Freedom] declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting 'Jesus Christ,' so that it would read 'A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;' the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination." Now, despite the outdated spelling of "Hindoo" and the fact that we know know that "Mohammedan" is not an accurate term for Muslims, I think it is extremely significant that in the 1700s, the Founding Fathers REJECTED a specific mention of Jesus Christ in their civic documents because they wanted to be clear that they meant to include ALL religious under the mantle of religious freedm in this country. Staying true to THAT vision is what it means to be an American. Tracy Wells, M.T.S. Atlanta, Ga.Flag
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Name: Robert Toepfer on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Shruti Acharya on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Vikash Patel on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dipankar Banerjee on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dipankar Banerjee on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 23, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Nayan Shah on Jul 24, 2007Comments: We have enough hatred in this world, please stop adding to it by your ignorance about other religion. May be you should educate yourself with Hindu scriptures before denouncing it publicly.Flag
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Name: Shuvo Basu on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Nayana Acharya on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Purav Patel on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Puja Wadehra on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 24, 2007Comments: This is simply appalling. The fact that people are so narrow-minded as to not recognize that Hinduism, being one of the world's major religions, IS indeed based on one God that is represented in many forms, is heinous. It is really sad that people are ignorant and not able to understand different cultures and religions in this day and age. Americans will never change.Flag
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Name: Benobra Carr on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 24, 2007Comments: Mr. Barton, I am not sure if it is your lack of proper education, knowledge or lack of plain old intelligence that caused you to come to such wrong conclusions. But there is hope for everybody. Read up and learn.Flag
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Name: Venkat Pavagada on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Meera Tejura on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Proshanta Nandi on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Chandana Nandi on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Chandana Nandi on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Chandana Nandi on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Karna Mital on Jul 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anupam Basu on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Meera Kuckreja on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Biswajit Dhar on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Jaya Bhattacharyya on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Shouvik Dutta on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dipankar Mukhopadhyay on Jul 25, 2007Comments: There are enough English Translations available of The Rig-Veda,Upanishads,Law of Manu and Geeta..You may choose the translations by non-Indian scholars.Flag
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Name: S Dutta on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Dipankar Mukhopadhyay on Jul 25, 2007Comments: There are enough English Translations available of The Rig-Veda,Upanishads,Law of Manu and Geeta..You may choose the translations by non-Indian scholars.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Amrita Feldbruegge on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Jason Feldbruegge on Jul 25, 2007Comments:Flag