" >Successful social reformers believed in power of non-violence.Imagine Gandhi carrying a gun and challenging the mighty jewel in the crown of British empire or Vinova Bhave (a peaceful reformer)for that matter who literally lived the words of 'Bhagavad Gita'. " SOME, my friend, some successful social reformers... Besides, you're saying they were religious. Which takes us back to the notion that not all religious people are religious extremists, a.k.a. change-hating, evolution-bashing, irrational human beings.