Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!raghu From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion,net.flame Subject: Re: skulls and snakes Message-ID: <815@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 08:35:35 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.815 Posted: Tue Oct 29 08:35:35 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 01:08:28 EST References: <323@drutx.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 16 Xref: linus net.politics:11075 net.religion:7697 net.flame:11620 > the picture on my altar shows > Lord Shiva wearing snakes instead, the more common portrayal. (Which, by the > way, would probably upset Christians more than the skulls!) > Sue Brezden This is another interesting difference between Hinduism and Christianity. In Hinduism snakes are considered almost sacred and a symbol of good fortune. In my village in India it was considered a honor if a snake crawled into someone's kitchen and partook of the food; and many village temples have several snake nests around them that are protected. Considering there are so many differences in beliefs between religions it is no wonder that people of different faiths have such a hard time putting up with each other. Raghu