Jennie: “Hindu deities have been depicted in the nude and semi-nude since at least the 2nd century AD”. In the 2nd century AD, there was nothing called “Hindu deities”. Anyways, you would have made tons of money. You might have hurt a soul or two, but doesnt matter. Hindus are not going to fly planes into your buildings. As a Hindu, personally iam not hurt because i know that your view of the world is limited. Your education(art history and comparative religion) look to be more or less very cursory and shallow.

A little bit of education for you: Family life has been central(or i should say was) to most Hindu denominations/cultures. The concept of sex is very different in the Indian context as oppossed to the western context. There are lot of rituals in the sex life of an average Indian. Unless one experiences it himself/herself, it is difficult to understand and explain. All in all, the mystery in sex is infinite. Sex is in the mind. It is not a simple matter of nudity. No Hindu deity whether from 10000BC or 2 AD would be depicted nude. Its in bad taste. Iam not asking you to apologise.

Religion is about asking questions such as “Who am I?”…..Religion is not about nudity, or mysteryless sex or violence or politics or making money or hurting somebody else’s beliefs.

Are your kids capable of leading a meaningful life? I doubt, given the kind of parenting that they would be subject to.

be well.

What a shame - I was starting to have fun here

1 - what exactly has this artist said that is anti-Hindu? I’d like you to be specific - a blanket generalisation of “she’s insulting Hindus” really doesn’t give an answer we can all learn from.

2 - please define who “ALL PEOPLE” and “U PEOPLE” refers to … non-Hindus? Muslims? Christians? Artists? Females? People who don’t feel the need to type in all caps?
2a - what do you define as important values and ethics, and how has this post
transgressed them? Do you believe that anonymously threatening strangers
asking questions on the internet is in any way wrong?

3 - this artist is asking a question to clarify something she doesn’t understand about the attitude suddenly taken by a small subset of a particular culture. How does this qualify as an “attack”? Can you suggest how she could have better posed the question? Or are you so insecure with your own faith that you can’t bear any such questions?

4 - for adequate follow-up, please publish your email address (preferably not a throw-away one like hotmail or yahoo) and a webpage. Even a phone number would be nice, if you actually want to have a civil conversation about this, rather than spout random insults which quite clearly demonstrate your lack of grammar and obvious ignorance about this artist, both professionally and as a person, in every way, shape and form

But back to the topic at hand. I’ve always found it rather bizarre that where nudity is accepted and appreciated in a culture is then suddenly called vile and repugnant. The other example that springs to my mind (only vaguely related) was a nude statue of one pope’s mistress that was placed in the Vatican, and a later pope ordered metallic clothing to be constructed for the statue because its nudity was offensive.

OF COURE U PEOPLE HAVE NO ETHICS AND VLUES…U LL DO ANY THING FOR MONEY….U LL INCISTS NA…

PLZ DONT MAKE US ANGRY …ONE DAY U SHOULD PAY…