So much for religious blessings

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Beleive in god, not religion.

Thats what i found out after my experiments with faith...
 
Ok so you mean to say, people who are so hell bent on pleasing god, doing rituals and take unwanted risk (the amount of devotees in many of these places is a recipe for sure shot accident) is just religious fervor ? and not beleif in god....
 
I dont agree, only 20-30% people go for following purpose, others just mauj masti, so many wrong things happening these days @ such place. U may not agree but some XXXX cant live w/o non veg even on these places.

GOD is angry.

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Aces170 said:
Ok so you mean to say, people who are so hell bent on pleasing god, doing rituals and take unwanted risk (the amount of devotees in many of these places is a recipe for sure shot accident) is just religious fervor ? and not beleif in god....
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Religious fervor, mass hysteria...there is a fine line isn't it?
 
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Now I really wonder, how did children's death fit inside the the god's bigger picture of blessing his "children"....
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No need to go so deep, when adequate crowd control would keep most of these problems at bay.

Sure there are some interesting lessons to learn from Mecca, tho that might be in another league, numbers wise.
 
Each to his own- no comments on God and ways people choose to show their devotion.
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GOD is angry.
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While i don't say one should have non-veg in places where forbidden by society-
Do you have confirmed info that God is a vegan? :)
Actually, does God even need to eat/drink- feel hunger/thirst?
None of the religious scriptures were faxed/couriered from heaven/hell iirc. :P
BTW, i am a firm believer in the existence of God as well as as the benefits of science- and i do not mix them with each other or religion especially. :)
Everytime i fiddle with anything, i take God's name several times before powering it up. :P

And 'God' is, and has been used (rather misused, especially by so-called religious leaders), as a good means to escape from unanswerable questions or to avoid further debate by using that faith.
Especially to the common masses who are not so keen on discovering things but simply accept whatever is offered/readily available.
For every 'why' or whenever one needs a reason, a simple escape route (misused often) is to say
God made it so
God said so
etc...

Also in India, if anyone is termed an authority (though maybe without any vaidity/qualifuication), most people will blindly accept words coming out of their mouths as the truth.
Most do not dare to oppose or challenge authority.
Like kids trust their fathers blindly though there maybe a huge chance that the father is not fully aware/correct- but that wrong info can stick to young minds for life till they learn the truth themselves and mostly by chance.
Just coz someone is a prof or principal or even a person who is assumed to be well-read/learned due to position in society(mainly financial), doesn't mean he has all the knowledge on everything.
But even if someone like that dishes out incorrect or half-correct info, an ignorant person will consider it to be the whole truth.
Such is the state of mind in India- whether a kid or an adult. :cool2:

Science teaches us to keep our minds open and ask 'why'
The same reason it was termed evil in the earlier ages coz there was much that was not done right in the name of religion/authority then.
 
I agree with you BIKeINSTEIN ...

what happened in temple can not be blamed on GOD...Itz simply because of some prankster who created rumors of landslide or the falling rocks ...

Can't people restrain from creating such rumors and stop playing with others Life...

I would say the same to people who are causing Bomb Blasts in recent days..

People Live and Let others Live their Life peacefully..
 
Confirmed atheist here. :P :bleh: :P

This thread is fast becoming into a religion thread rather than keeping to the original tragedy. A little crowd control could have worked wonders. This is just plain stupid. We end up hurting ourselves far worse than the terrorists ever managed to. * grumble! grumble! *
 
BIKeINSTEIN said:
For every 'why' or whenever one needs a reason, a simple escape route (misused often) is to say
God made it so
God said so
etc...
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Agreed that's a good approach when dealing with...

..a 5 yr old.
 
Apart from greater crowd control, Indians have no experience when it comes to dealing with hazards at public places. There never are any hazard related drills. Those fire drills in US skills for example. I know its human mentality and aldosterone is the cause of all this panic, but if one is rehearsed in panic management (including the security and administration people), then everyone will be better equipped to handle the issues.

BTW, I like to call myself "agnostic", I choose to question the existence of things I have not encountered or confirmed. I neither doubt nor believe their existence. For example, I can't say whether the Big Bang Theory is true or not, for its a theory, it is just based on some facts and conjectures, and has a lot of questions unanswered. But I do believe Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection for I see at work every day of my life :P

~M
 
While i don't say one should have non-veg in places where forbidden by society-

Do you have confirmed info that God is a vegan?
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God created earth. God does not distinguish between humans and animals. He loves everyone the equal amount. Considering that an innocent life is being taken by the hands of a man to fulfill his carnal desires will certainly not be acceptable to God. Hence the prohibition of Non-veg foods at religious places.
 
Bluffmaster said:
God created earth. God does not distinguish between humans and animals. He loves everyone the equal amount. Considering that an innocent life is being taken by the hands of a man to fulfill his carnal desires will certainly not be acceptable to God. Hence the prohibition of Non-veg foods at religious places.
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What about plants :tongue: - were they created by some different God :tongue: ? Or is it because they don't cry and can't show reactions as quickly as animals ? A tree also bleeds when you hack it with an axe. I know this is flame bait and OT, but can't resist the temptation ! :D

Cheers !
 
God created earth. God does not distinguish between humans and animals. He loves everyone the equal amount. Considering that an innocent life is being taken by the hands of a man to fulfill his carnal desires will certainly not be acceptable to God. Hence the prohibition of Non-veg foods at religious places.
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Isnt bacteria, or microscopic insects life too, what abt their life taken ?

BTW I am a pure veg by religion as well as choice. Bikey was spot on what we cannot understand we superimpose something supernatural, in most cases an entity called god.

Why I have posted is not because of crowd control, but ppl obsessive compulsive disorder to take their children to chaotic places, knowing very well the amount of discomfort it would cause. And then the religions say god exist in your heart then why the hell goto Himalayas to find him ?
 
A little commonsense here please. Everything is okay as long as its done for one's survival. I am sure one can survive without having tandori tangri and sheek kababs.

Btw I am a Non-vegetarian. I was just clarifying the need to control one's carnal desires when in the house of God.
 
agreed and we were just wondering whether all carnivores were created by a 'lesser god'

considering that they cannot control their 'carnal desires'.

ones beliefs are ones own. no point in setting down rules for others and commanding to do this here and that there.
 
I don't go kill the chicken which is offered to me, nor do I uproot / cut the plants. I just go to a market and buy it. So IMHO, both are the same, I don't see carnal desires coming in here. We humans have surpassed other beings, so we take advantage of whatever living being, in whatever way possible. I don't see the difference in abusing a plant or an animal differently. Indiscriminately cutting trees for farmland is as bad as having broiler chicken which are genetically modified, IMO.

However, its a matter of opinion and belief, and each one has his own. I am presenting my own, and am open minded enough to listen to others'.

I thought carnal was used wrt sex and not non veg food. Correct me if I am wrong ?
 
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