Thousands of Indians are traveling to an impoverished village in West Bengal to worship the incarnation of the Hindu god Hanuman, a monkey god of sorts. The faithful not only believe this 27 year-old man named Chandre Oraon is a god, but they also swear that his tail possesses magical healing abilities. Oraon has an actual 13 inch tail , eats bananas, and climbs trees just like Hanuman. Experts are quick to point out that this is just a congenital defect, but the faithful aren’t hearing any of that. What do doctors know anyway :)
Now I can just see some Christian readers laughing as they read this. Keep lauging, especially when you’re staring at a salt stain in an underpass claiming that it’s the Virgin Mary. All these stories have one thing in common… all the people involved are poor and somewhat ignorant. I know that sounds rude, but it’s true. There are so many people who are lost and seize any opportunity to bring purpose or meaning to their sad lonely lives. This is no exception and it shows the power that religion has on the weak.
I’d like to hear your opinion on the matter. Am I out of line or right on target?
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I’m nitpicking here, but Hanuman is more a demi-god than a god. He’s like the Superman/Heracles of Hindu myth..super-strength and super-brains.
And about your question, you’re partly right. It is about the weak looking for an anchor, but from what I’ve seen, its not restricted to those who’re poor.
Sidenote: Hinduism is the only “religion” where being an atheist is not really a problem. :-)
Nah, I don’t think Hinduism is the only one. Buddhism takes it even further, at least in some variants. :)
Wow, you haven’t seen nothing. Here in Brazil, there was once a window that, for some reason, displayed foggy images of something that ressembled Virgin Mary. Hundreds of people remained outside the house watching the window, as some sort of miracle, praying…
There is a tiny picture here:
http://www.geocities.com/paraciencia/simulacrum.html
Couldn’t find a better one, sorry.
JAI HANUMAN JI ki , LONG LIVE LORD HANUMAN…
THE WISEST OF THE WISE.
Not out of line at all. Karl Marx commented that religion is “the opium of the people”, for the poor, the ignorant and the gullible this is the simple, harsh truth.
Or it could be that you’re just an intolerant, sad, angry, and closed minded retard yourself?
I agree that the weak minded are more likely to fall in such pitfalls, when I say weak I mean both mentally and those who leave in uncertain financial conditions.
But my point is not about what makes those believes, but y do ignorants post statements like Shri Hanuman is a demi god, when its clear in the history of Hinduism that Shri Hanuman is the 11th Rudra incarnation of Lord Shiva.
err, shan, not to ruin your day….but look at the date of the last reply….
(he is right though, also Demigod = Half-god Half-man; ex Nephilim, Hercules)