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Hindu Priests Purify Shrine After Bush Visit

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NEW DELHI - Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from
President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit.

After the dog visit, the memorial was cleansed with water brought from the Ganges river, which Hindus consider holy, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Sunday.

Bush visited the memorial on Thursday during his three day visit to India. The site, where pacifist icon Gandhi was cremated, is considered sacred and all visitors, including Bush and his wife Laura, removed their shoes before going in.

The dogs, flown in from the U.S., were part of the intense security surrounding the president, but the Hindu priests believe they tainted the site.

Letting dogs into the memorial also drew sharp protest from Hindu politicians and Gandhi's great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, who called the incident a "national shame," the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
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LOL! Didn't they clean the dogs before the checking?

I read a long time ago that the industrial waste has been polluting the Ganges river for quite some time. While it may have some religious value, is it really advisable to use it to clean the place?
 
A little irony there in that the Ganges is one of the dirtiest rivers on Earth. Whatever makes them happy.....
 
And this is different from a Catholic baptism how?
Live and let live.
Lets respect other peoples faith as long as they don't try and kill us or ours.
 
Originally posted by: conehead433
I think you would need a nuclear weapon to purify anything after Bush had visited.
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What an awesome comment... I am incapable of comprehending the amount of wit required to construct such a masterful statement.
 
wow, in some place it is very hard to bring your pet with you. especially a rabies country like USA. suprisingly Australia isn't a rabies country when they got the most poisionous animal concentration.
 
If dogs were not allowed on the site and there was much protest (notice no burning of shrines though) why can't the Bush security team come up with something else. To me this seems just like plain disrespect. Not from Bush, but the security team. But since it's his security we can blame it on Bushdevil anyhow. 😉
 
Originally posted by: techs
And this is different from a Catholic baptism how?
Live and let live.
Lets respect other peoples faith as long as they don't try and kill us or ours.
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😕 Maybe you could point out how it's in any way similar to a Catholic baptism?
 
Originally posted by: CycloWizard
Originally posted by: techs
And this is different from a Catholic baptism how?
Live and let live.
Lets respect other peoples faith as long as they don't try and kill us or ours.
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😕 Maybe you could point out how it's in any way similar to a Catholic baptism?
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😕
 
Originally posted by: CycloWizard
Originally posted by: techs
And this is different from a Catholic baptism how?
Live and let live.
Lets respect other peoples faith as long as they don't try and kill us or ours.
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😕 Maybe you could point out how it's in any way similar to a Catholic baptism?
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Magic water makes you holy? Seems similar enough to me.
 
I just looked at the picture of President Bush putting flowers over the resting place of Ghandi, and couldn't help but think how strange it looked. I just wonder if Ghandi were alive, what he would say about President Bush, and what President Bush would say about him. Would they even meet with each other?
 
Originally posted by: Piano Man
I just looked at the picture of President Bush putting flowers over the resting place of Ghandi, and couldn't help but think how strange it looked. I just wonder if Ghandi were alive, what he would say about President Bush, and what President Bush would say about him. Would they even meet with each other?
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Ghandi > President Bush x 1,000,000
 
Originally posted by: Piano Man
I just looked at the picture of President Bush putting flowers over the resting place of Ghandi, and couldn't help but think how strange it looked. I just wonder if Ghandi were alive, what he would say about President Bush, and what President Bush would say about him. Would they even meet with each other?
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It would no doubt break out into a fist fight.

 
Originally posted by: CycloWizard
Originally posted by: techs
And this is different from a Catholic baptism how?
Live and let live.
Lets respect other peoples faith as long as they don't try and kill us or ours.
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😕 Maybe you could point out how it's in any way similar to a Catholic baptism?
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You take water and use it to wash away sin. Catholics use it on people, the hindus used it on their temple. That it works is no more substantiated in either case.

In ecclesiastical usage, however, when the terms Baptize, Baptism are employed without a qualifying word, they are intended to signify the sacramental washing by which the soul is cleansed from sin at the same time that water is poured upon the body
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Reference

Edit : quoting is hard
 
Baptismal cleansing is washing away the guilt of Original Sin, nothing to do with washing the body. Sometimes people make statements around here about christianity that is so utterly generalized and plainly wrong its no wonder that these same yahoos consider their own morale standing to be so genuinely superior in comparison.
 
JUST goes to show what some people who one minute speak as if they are experts on the muslim religion and then the next minute they attack Bush not totally understanding the Muslim religion and the concept of CLEAN or PURIFIED in respect to the Muslim religion...hmmm
 
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
JUST goes to show what some people who one minute speak as if they are experts on the muslim religion and then the next minute they attack Bush not totally understanding the Muslim religion and the concept of CLEAN or PURIFIED in respect to the Muslim religion...hmmm
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And it shows how knee jerk of a fool you are to assume it was muslim when the FIRST SENTENCE of the OP says

Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from
President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit.

Typical ingnorance, won't even read before assuming your arrogant fantasy of evil muslims is once again fullfilled.

This is typical of you though and shows how poor your judgement and blatent your bias is.
 
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