23-Sep-2010, 09:34 PM
I was reading this article
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/09/17/hindu...eists.html
when I wondered, who are the prominent defenders of hindu religion that offer the official position on religious or other issues.. that may be invited for debates, in the same vein as Christianity vs Atheism debates that are so numerous on the internet.
A while ago, I ran into this one, Christianity vs. Hinduism debate / pt 1 of 14 / Dave Hunt vs Budhendranauth Doobay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne-KYjUavaI
I couldnt watch the whole thing, coz the Doobay guy is a bumbling fool and his arguments gets incoherent very soon.
I think that debates in the public square in India are absolutely useless charades, and serve only as publicity stunts (as exemplified by Zakir Naik's videos on youtube), because of the nature of the assembly.. largely uninformed, partisan crown that does premeditated cheering and staged conversions. The intellectual discourse would be much better if held in premier universities. And wouldnt a Hitchens-like teardown of Hinduism be wonderful, at least for certain target communities like the scientific one? But then, who are the official representatives of the Hinduism side?
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/09/17/hindu...eists.html
when I wondered, who are the prominent defenders of hindu religion that offer the official position on religious or other issues.. that may be invited for debates, in the same vein as Christianity vs Atheism debates that are so numerous on the internet.
A while ago, I ran into this one, Christianity vs. Hinduism debate / pt 1 of 14 / Dave Hunt vs Budhendranauth Doobay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne-KYjUavaI
I couldnt watch the whole thing, coz the Doobay guy is a bumbling fool and his arguments gets incoherent very soon.
I think that debates in the public square in India are absolutely useless charades, and serve only as publicity stunts (as exemplified by Zakir Naik's videos on youtube), because of the nature of the assembly.. largely uninformed, partisan crown that does premeditated cheering and staged conversions. The intellectual discourse would be much better if held in premier universities. And wouldnt a Hitchens-like teardown of Hinduism be wonderful, at least for certain target communities like the scientific one? But then, who are the official representatives of the Hinduism side?
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