| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| HINDU DHARMA AND THE CLASH OF CULTURES | |
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people of such non-Western religious backgrounds are able to embrace
Western science, technology and economics without having to give up
their cultural and religious backgrounds. Some think that their
religions are more modern or scientific than the Christian religion
of the West. Hindus and Buddhists with their ideas of consciousness
as the supreme reality behind the universe and the age of universe
as many billions of years old, appear much more scientific than
fundamentalist Christians, for example.
Most of this cultural clash need not be violent, though it will undoubtedly stir various passions and challenge various prejudices. The only immediate military confrontation is happening between the West and Islam. This is so far has consisted of short term and limited struggles between the West and a few rebel Islamic countries, like the Gulf War with Iraq, or on the level of isolated terrorist attacks. However, should terrorism escalate to a nuclear level, which is becoming quite possible, or should rebel Islamic countries spread their influence and come to dominate the Islamic world, then a great battle may occur, though it remains unclear if and how this will develop. On the other hand, an economic confrontation is more likely between the West and the Far East, China and Japan. Islam apart from oil reserves is economically backward and little threat on this level. It will be interesting to see what the West might do should East Asia become a real threat to its global economic dominance. The Far East with its strong group and work ethics can easily challenge in time the freer but progressively lazier West. This fear is perhaps what is behind the American accommodation of China. |
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