22-Mar-2013, 06:51 PM
Does Atheism need a minority status in india? in my view or understanding minority status is provided to a social group(based on religious, linguistic, race etc) that is in less numbers in compare to other communities and prone to exploitation because of their less numbers. minority status provides special rights to safeguard the interest and identity of its group.
so i think we atheist/agnostic are minorities and should be provided minority status so that we may disseminate our ideas freely as other group can do. at present we are vulnerable to attack of many religious fundamentalist, and some laws that forbid to criticize the other groups belief( in spite of that it is our fundamental duty to promote scientific thinking according to our constitution).after getting minority status we can administer our own institution to promote our views etc. and many other thing and most importantly it will establish us a well defined and identified group.
so i want to hear from all of u (respected members) that what are ur views about this. and can we get this status by legal battle as other group(JAIN) got ?
regards for all
so i think we atheist/agnostic are minorities and should be provided minority status so that we may disseminate our ideas freely as other group can do. at present we are vulnerable to attack of many religious fundamentalist, and some laws that forbid to criticize the other groups belief( in spite of that it is our fundamental duty to promote scientific thinking according to our constitution).after getting minority status we can administer our own institution to promote our views etc. and many other thing and most importantly it will establish us a well defined and identified group.
so i want to hear from all of u (respected members) that what are ur views about this. and can we get this status by legal battle as other group(JAIN) got ?
regards for all