Gods must be crazy Part I
The semi nude fakir was once asked what he thought of all the Hindu gods and goddesses. Though religious by nature, he couldn't stop himself, he said " This is a country of three hundred million people with three billion gods."This was fifty years ago. Today the population and the gods have grown three fold.
This is a country with more gods and goddesses than the number of times a lawyer lies each week. What is the idea behind this. Analysis done here free of cost.
If a tired man tries to catch a few minutes of shut eye under a tree, the people who pass by decide he's a holy man meditating on the meaning of life. Long after the man has gone to do whatever it is that men do, the tree becomes a holy shrine for the unknown sleeping god. An annual festival is held and two warring factions chop each others limbs over the rights to perform rituals.
A goat that smokes cigarettes in Gujarat. Now that's a perfect specimen for 'Ripleys believe it or not' but it's not an ideal specimen for a deity. Weird hair styles are a sure fire way to be sanctified. Sai Baba's top floor might be a good nest for orphaned birds, but calling him God? Never mind that fashion gurus will be petrified with those sanctified creatures. Another way to become a God man is to sleep with as many women and in some cases, men, as possible. Rape is also good for the image in some but not all cases.
People can be such idiots. God men who walk around with an AK-47 slung over a shoulder and surrounded by a posse carrying shot guns are revered as the final spokespersons of God. Is Kalashinokov a religious head?
There is no dearth of shrines, temples, 'holes in the wall',etc, in this fair country of ours. Well, three billion gods need an abode, right? Half a billion people don't have a shelter over their heads but three billion gods have temples with marble floors and gold trimmings. And the half a billion homeless go and pray to the gods in their marbled abodes asking that a thatch roof be granted for them. The irony of it all.
Temples in the middle of the roads are a bit of a puzzle. I mean who wants their house bang in the middle of a main road. Why is a goddess any different? How does she get any sleep with twenty ton trucks growling past her bedroom window at two in the morning?
Violence in the name of god. That is a nice concept, I wholly subscribe to that. I don't like your god, bishoom. Kill the pagan motherfucker. My god is better than yours. Your god sucks. Hey Messrs.Gods, please email your resume to me, so I can decide which one of you is worthy of my prayers. If you don't know my email address, don't bother asking I am not interested in kneeling in front of an all knowing being who cant figure out my email address.
Please send your contributions to:
Roof for the Roofless
Deity No.349827394
Temple in the middle of the road
Nasik India.
This is a country with more gods and goddesses than the number of times a lawyer lies each week. What is the idea behind this. Analysis done here free of cost.
If a tired man tries to catch a few minutes of shut eye under a tree, the people who pass by decide he's a holy man meditating on the meaning of life. Long after the man has gone to do whatever it is that men do, the tree becomes a holy shrine for the unknown sleeping god. An annual festival is held and two warring factions chop each others limbs over the rights to perform rituals.
A goat that smokes cigarettes in Gujarat. Now that's a perfect specimen for 'Ripleys believe it or not' but it's not an ideal specimen for a deity. Weird hair styles are a sure fire way to be sanctified. Sai Baba's top floor might be a good nest for orphaned birds, but calling him God? Never mind that fashion gurus will be petrified with those sanctified creatures. Another way to become a God man is to sleep with as many women and in some cases, men, as possible. Rape is also good for the image in some but not all cases.
People can be such idiots. God men who walk around with an AK-47 slung over a shoulder and surrounded by a posse carrying shot guns are revered as the final spokespersons of God. Is Kalashinokov a religious head?
There is no dearth of shrines, temples, 'holes in the wall',etc, in this fair country of ours. Well, three billion gods need an abode, right? Half a billion people don't have a shelter over their heads but three billion gods have temples with marble floors and gold trimmings. And the half a billion homeless go and pray to the gods in their marbled abodes asking that a thatch roof be granted for them. The irony of it all.
Temples in the middle of the roads are a bit of a puzzle. I mean who wants their house bang in the middle of a main road. Why is a goddess any different? How does she get any sleep with twenty ton trucks growling past her bedroom window at two in the morning?
Violence in the name of god. That is a nice concept, I wholly subscribe to that. I don't like your god, bishoom. Kill the pagan motherfucker. My god is better than yours. Your god sucks. Hey Messrs.Gods, please email your resume to me, so I can decide which one of you is worthy of my prayers. If you don't know my email address, don't bother asking I am not interested in kneeling in front of an all knowing being who cant figure out my email address.
Please send your contributions to:
Roof for the Roofless
Deity No.349827394
Temple in the middle of the road
Nasik India.
posted by Antimatter at 12:35 AM
3 Comments:
Question 1: out of curiosity , are u atheist??
Question 2:which gets u the most...the concept of religion, temples in the middle of road , fake or otherwise godmen or god (if he exists) himself??
agreed...the whole thing is completely illogical..but u do realise that, that is it's premise..religion does not claim reason, but faith.
so for those that have none ,religion will always seem ridiculous...and for those that do..it serves as a support for people that need to be reassured that their lives can be better...than it's present fucked up state..(and one can't be skeptic if one hopes to derive some sort of hope from something)
btw..read about descartes's ( the mathematician /philospher) view on religion if u want..
Answer 1: Define GOD and I ll tell you if I am an atheist or not.
Answer 2: God men piss me off real bad. Temples in the middle of the road irritate me. Religion does'nt affect me one way or the other unless idiocy and violence is committed in its name.
People can do without being fucked in the name of religion on top of being fucked by politicians, celebrities, social workers (some not all of them) and other assorted vermin.
I have nothing against religion. I dont think its ridiculous. I thinks its interpretation are being done by people who have no qualifications to do so. Hope and religion are not synonyms. A skeptic is a person without hope and a person without hope is a person without a soul, I would'nt put me under that category. You have the right to disagree with me, though it won't do you any good. Yes, I have read Descartes.
lol... no i don't disagree with you at all... was just curious.... and i do find your views very intriguing...
A different perspective! that's not something i come across too often...and not for lack of looking!! most people's are too stereotypical! so this was interesting to say the least!
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