This is muktomona. This probably does not imply that one should say freely whatever he or she has in his or her mind. One key element should be rationality and the other one is scientific outlook. Religious preaching kind of stuff should not belong here.
Few questions. How do we know that all living beings are equal in the eyes of God (if one exists).
Prayers alone cannot change fate! Do prayers have any positive effect at all however insignificant it may be on a human's fate?
Religion is a business. But is believing in God not part of religion?
Religion is a business. But is believing in God not part of religion?
Study of the history of religious thoughts and mythologies should be much more rational than being presented here. There is obviously no scientific relation between the belly button of Lord Brahma and a black hole. Trust me our ancient sages had no clue about the creation of the universe or the multiverse. One may however at best draw an analogy between a black hole and Brahma's belly button. Glorifying a religion by raising it to the status of science will not sell well among the muktomonas. I know you are not doing it, but one may have wrong impression by the words you have written down.
God (again if one exists) has no time to think about silly things! Why not? It all depends on how you define your God. My grand mom's God is very sensitive (that's what she believes) to her needs. That's the only reason why she prays, she fasts, and she thinks that my grandpa deserves more rights than she does.
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On Jan 31, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Jiten Roy jnrsr53@yahoo.com [mukto-mona] <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Nice article!Although human slowly separated themselves from the animal kingdom through evolutionary processes, but could not escape from some of the basic God-given characteristics of the animal kingdom. For example, human needs to strive to survive, as animals do. In the eye of God, all living beings are equal.So, no matter how many times we pray to God, he cannot change things for us alone. If prayer could change anything, nobody will strive to do good things; they will pray instead, and no one could prosper without a prayer at all. It's that simple.Religion is a business, which some smart people thought about thousands of years ago. They were surely smarter than billions of gullible people rooming around today, who are constantly striving to go back to the lives of thousands of years ago.Hindu religious scriptures were written basically by assigning human characters, such as kings and queens, to some planets and stars, and they became Gods and Goddesses in the fictional stories, Hindus consider as religious texts. I sometimes watch a series, called Ma Durga, run by eTV, where it shows clearly the role of each kings and queens. Once King Indra was sick, due to a curse ( or virus), and there was no moon on the sky for many days; people were worried. Brahma is the supreme creator, who created everything through his navel (belly-button), which, I believe, was the representation of the black-hole. Please don't ask me how they had the knowledge of black-hole; may be just a coincidence. I am not claiming scientific validity of those texts, I called fictional tales. The point is - I can see these relationships, but millions of gullible Hindus can't. They can't because they are afraid to deviate from what they have been told by their forefathers.You are right – God has no time to think about silly things, like how many marriages can human do or not, or what is the proper way to punish (stoning or imprisonment) a woman, who is engaged in an affair, deemed illegal by a society, or how to punish someone who is not following your own religion, etc.I am glad you have proper religious uplifting, mainly through your own initiatives. Actually, you have the right religion, that is - being a right human being. I wonder – why others can't do so.Jiten Roy----- Forwarded Message -----
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