was very enjoyable..yeah…is there God is the most common question people ask and there are gazillions of theory answering it.

I suggest you to read erich Von daniken’s ‘Chariot of the Gods’. there he proposes the theory that God was in fact aliens who had come from outer space. he uses many ‘Proofs’ to showcase it. easter Islands, south american statues and stuff…read it and you ll find it damn interesting

and yes, all of us are so much involved with hypocrisy by ways of creationg dogmas and rules that we forget the very purpose of religion. yes indeed we humans are very hypocritic. i particularly liked the ‘avatar’ thing.. very sensible and it took me too by surprise

a very good write once again..! i dun feel like an idiot, but rather am able to connect to your idead

Not like one knows for certain god exists right? Thats why I said the truth is unknown. My core points of the whole arguement are…….

1. I am not talking about superstitions. They were tagged on from time to time due to false assumptions. Idol worship, rituals themselves, though I agree a 100% have their own significance, it hasn’t been understood right. The reason I fathom are:
Hinduism is too complex
The so called learned Hindus have failed to preach the right reasoning of religious practices

2. My second concern is unrelated to the 1st and generalised for all religions. We tend to get so drowned in our religion which brings about a division among people in all senses. Only if and when a time comes when there would be a Hindu, Parsi, Muslim, Christian, Sikh in the same family yet live in harmony does it mean a religion is solving its purpose and only its purpose.

If I get your objective right, your views are influenced mainly by what we call as ’superstitions’. A practice becomes a superstition when we fail to understand its purpose. Ofcourse there are some ‘real’ superstitions: practices that were followed in a certain region and/or time when being continued now/everywhere when the original circumstances do not occur now. But, just because we do not understand something, we cannot term it void… People don’t seem to differentiate between Love and lust and attraction and affection. It doesn’t mean that each of these are theoretical hypotheses, do they?

I am not denying anything in Venkat’s article at all. Every ritual and practice in Hinduism, though complex has a meaning to it.

If you ask me, I would say Hinduism is not a religion in the first place. It kicked off with nature worship and went on to idol worship etc. It is when the vedas sprouted that “Sanathana Dharma” (old name for Hinduism) meaning eternal law. God and religion was the explanation to lot many then unanswered questions. A lot many of these concepts in Hinduism have lost their purpose today is what I’m saying. Besides, when the idea is to be a good person, and you can be one without religious influence, why waste time understanding the complexity of the religion? Nevertheless, I think it needs to be preserved.

My concern is, once a person delves deep into the religion he conciously or unconciously becomes intolerant to other religions. Even otherwise, one gets so drowned in it that he starts refering to a fellow human being as a christian, muslim or hindu. Though it isn’t right to generalise it, I’m sure you can not deny its a good deal that way.

However, the beauty of Hinduism is, it doesnt have set rules that one has to follow. Religions as usually defined as a way of life, Hindu scriptures do not talk about how to lead a life. But it tells you of right and wrong and it is left for an individual to pave his path.

Hinduism is like a fully ripe succulent mango. Its hard to eat it without spilling the juice when it is so ripe but thats where your skill lies. The lesser the juice you spill, the sweeter it tastes.

It isn’t right to say spending money on building temples, churches and mosques are waste of money and it could better be used for a social cause. It can not be justified cuz each of us have our priorities when it comes to spending money. If my priority is studying and I’m willing to spend lavishly on that, would you say I could rather use that money to do social work? It all depends on one’s priority.

I don’t believe you have actually quoted Swami Vivekananda’s saying. Swami Vivekananda was a religious and spiritual person. Secondly, you who do not believe in God, have quoted something that talks of hell and heaven is ironical.

Mihirja, have you ever tried any of the rituals? I guess you havent. You shd try them with all the faith once, you’ll never call them a nonsense again.

Every creature views God in its own form.

A tiger could have a God that looks like a Tiger. so does a snake. We never know..Humans are just the dominant species current on earth.

Sorry for diluting the question….

Tell me this… Is God there really?