Alan gets Even on QI

From the Christmas episode, Alan Davies finally has enough of being the ignorant one.
Gallowflaksays...

But I thought cows were essentially "sacred" in Hinduism. I thought they were associated with prosperity and everyone basically leaves them the hell alone, resulting in all the cows wandering around various cities in India?

TheJehosephatsays...

I think there's a distinction in semantics. The cows are not sacred because they are not worshipped as gods, but they are holy because they are protected by gods. Something like that.

>> ^Gallowflak:

But I thought cows were essentially "sacred" in Hinduism. I thought they were associated with prosperity and everyone basically leaves them the hell alone, resulting in all the cows wandering around various cities in India?

rottenseedsays...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/holycow/hinduism.html
>> ^TheJehosephat:

I think there's a distinction in semantics. The cows are not sacred because they are not worshipped as gods, but they are holy because they are protected by gods. Something like that.
>> ^Gallowflak:
But I thought cows were essentially "sacred" in Hinduism. I thought they were associated with prosperity and everyone basically leaves them the hell alone, resulting in all the cows wandering around various cities in India?


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