From: mkelkar2003
Message: 43596
Date: 2006-02-28
>Thanks to the moderators the paper I have co authored is fully
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:06:30 -0300, Daniel Koechlin
> <d.koechlin@...> wrote:
>
> >Mr. Kelkar wrote :
> >"We do not think that Sanskrit was the
> >first language spoken by "Man" or that the Rig Veda is divinely
> >inspired or,India is the greatest of all lands etc. The Rig Veda is a
> >liturgical text that is open to examination by ALL, not just
> >comparative linguists. There are astronomical, geographical,
> >geological, zoological, botanical, agricultural references in the Rig
> >Vedas which have been used by experts in these fields to arrive at
> >estimates of when that text may have been composed. Many times these
> >estimates are at variance with those worked out by comparative
> >linguists. But again these are scholarly disagreements not debated
> >between creationist crackpots and scientists as some would like to
> >portary them."
> >
> >
> >Fair enough : after reading Mr. Kelkar's answer, I feel I misjudged his
> >motives and owe him an apology. He comes through as both rational and
> >dignified.
>
> That is because Mr. Kelkar is under moderation, and you are
> only seeing his more rational and dignified posts.