I think the belief that going to temple regularly can impress God and satisfies every desire is stupidity. Being religious to some extent is good but too much obsession can be injurious to society. I am not so much religious and really don't know why some people are so much religious.

In majority of cases the ' herd mentality' works very dangerously! If someone has done it , I too must do it without any self-inquiry!

People wants to remember God as He help them . They pray for to be happy in the life.

I think the belief that going to temple regularly can impress God and satisfies every desire is stupidity. Being religious to some extent is good but too much obsession can be injurious to society. I am not so much religious and really don't know why some people are so much religious.

In majority of cases the ' herd mentality' works very dangerously! If someone has done it , I too must do it without any self-inquiry!

I too tend to think so, mass hysteria and crowd mentality is at the bottom of it.God as depicted by most people seems like a greedy,self centered individual ( like our leaders) who has no patience nor any understanding .Otherwise how does one explain the fact that people say things like , God has punished me for such and such a action of mine and if we give him offerings he will be pleased...

Many people are religious because they follow blindly their parents.

I think the belief that going to temple regularly can impress God and satisfies every desire is stupidity. Being religious to some extent is good but too much obsession can be injurious to society. I am not so much religious and really don't know why some people are so much religious.

In majority of cases the ' herd mentality' works very dangerously! If someone has done it , I too must do it without any self-inquiry!

I too tend to think so, mass hysteria and crowd mentality is at the bottom of it.God as depicted by most people seems like a greedy,self centered individual ( like our leaders) who has no patience nor any understanding .Otherwise how does one explain the fact that people say things like , God has punished me for such and such a action of mine and if we give him offerings he will be pleased...

Just watch 'satya narain katha' that will prove your point.

I am not religious and seldom go to temples but those who do prayers 2 times a day get something special from God. Is there something they get extra in their lives than those who are not so religious. Anything you may like to share what they get from it. :blink:

My experience has been that those are demonstratively or extravagantly or ostentatiously religious are the ones who and their actions should be constantly put under the scanner!
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HA HA HA! That is so true seeing that religion has become the biggest institution for money laundering in India! :evil: :laugh:

And this is the kind of religious leaders that our politicians are after! Some of them are even happy with blessings through 'kicks'! I agree that some of them deserve real kicks from the people of India but blessing with feet goes against basic ethos! They even hate to use their left hand while blessing politicians! My simple take on religion is that it should be separated from 'religiosity' and what we witness in our daily lives is mass hysteria promoted and practiced by our leading lights of all fields. If people sincerely believed in grasping the tenets of all religions and translated them into their daily lives, society would have less violent and less crime-prone!

Yes I too so wish that I could give some choicest of blessings via feet! :evil: Actually, even though people speak volumes about religion and virtuosity etc. etc. most people are attracted to various godmen and godwomen who have and exhibit displays of sinfully large amounts of money, eg. Nirmal baba, Shri Radhe Maa! There are some who really are very simple folks and practice what they preach but as they live frugally and do not have money to show, they do not get any followers! Some days ago I was watching a documentary on Shri Radhe Maa, initially it seems she was very simple in her outlook and outfit both and she failed to attract fan following. So she spruced up her appearance with more expensive designer sarees, diamond jewelry especially the diamond tiara she wears on her head, meticulous make-up and hair style and lo! She turned into a success story with many celebrities of Hollywood as her followers! She also attracted more money as way of offereings to her. Did the money and lavish display of her wealth make her more pious or religious??? But the mass hysteria that follows her or the Nirmal Baba or Amma Bhagwan from south really is something! :blink: :unsure:

What a topsy turvy world we live in ! On the one hand Indians love to hear stories about simplicity and how all the saints and god men lived with bare minimum of comfort and on the other hand we have a generation of who only recognise glitz and glory....one can see it trickling down to our population as well where people love to talk about themselves and their achievements at any given opportunity , so little wonder that even godmen and religious leaders have to change ...

Yes, it's contradiction of the most interesting kind! Now I come across Sadhus of Ramkrishna Mission travelling in swanky cars with police pilot van!! It encapsulates the signature of times we live in!

Wonder what next ? :dry: .....All these high profile( low character) citizens are beginning to look and sound the same - be it politicians,film stars,celebrities, mafia lords and religious leaders ! Bharat mahaan..

BUt most of them sound exactly like celebrities and film stars!!! eg. just watch the early morning session of Nirmal Baba's Darbar every day! :woohoo: :woohoo:

For me the God is a kind of human personality who can act as an ideal for everyone, to make this world a better place. I think some people are able to follow him without going to temples or any other place, because they follow the ideas that are given by God. God is nothing but a natural acceptance of anyone.
Ask someone these questions:
(1) Do you want to be happy?
(2) Do you want to make others happy?
The answers to both of these questions will be yes, then ask these other two questions:
(3) Are you able to be always happy?
(4) Are you able to make others always happy?
The answer will be probably "No". Even God will answer "No"(if he is not having the supernatural powers) to the last questions. So God is nothing but your own image of an ideal personality, which you want to become, and ultimately you end up acting accordingly. No body has seen a God with super natural power, and probably no one will. Everyone is God, and everyone has their own God. Someone's God ask them to do this, and someone's ask them to do that, that is where all the difference arise. No one can kill anyone's God because it is internal, and no one else can know it, except you yourself.
That is what i think thanks.

For me the God is a kind of human personality who can act as an ideal for everyone, to make this world a better place. I think some people are able to follow him without going to temples or any other place, because they follow the ideas that are given by God. God is nothing but a natural acceptance of anyone.
Ask someone these questions:
(1) Do you want to be happy?
(2) Do you want to make others happy?
The answers to both of these questions will be yes, then ask these other two questions:
(3) Are you able to be always happy?
(4) Are you able to make others always happy?
The answer will be probably "No". Even God will answer "No"(if he is not having the supernatural powers) to the last questions. So God is nothing but your own image of an ideal personality, which you want to become, and ultimately you end up acting accordingly. No body has seen a God with super natural power, and probably no one will. Everyone is God, and everyone has their own God. Someone's God ask them to do this, and someone's ask them to do that, that is where all the difference arise. No one can kill anyone's God because it is internal, and no one else can know it, except you yourself.
That is what i think thanks.

I agree with your thoughts. I believe that God is an individual hypothetical concept. Your post confirms this.

For me the God is a kind of human personality who can act as an ideal for everyone, to make this world a better place. I think some people are able to follow him without going to temples or any other place, because they follow the ideas that are given by God. God is nothing but a natural acceptance of anyone.
Ask someone these questions:
(1) Do you want to be happy?
(2) Do you want to make others happy?
The answers to both of these questions will be yes, then ask these other two questions:
(3) Are you able to be always happy?
(4) Are you able to make others always happy?
The answer will be probably "No". Even God will answer "No"(if he is not having the supernatural powers) to the last questions. So God is nothing but your own image of an ideal personality, which you want to become, and ultimately you end up acting accordingly. No body has seen a God with super natural power, and probably no one will. Everyone is God, and everyone has their own God. Someone's God ask them to do this, and someone's ask them to do that, that is where all the difference arise. No one can kill anyone's God because it is internal, and no one else can know it, except you yourself.
That is what i think thanks.

I agree with your thoughts. I believe that God is an individual hypothetical concept. Your post confirms this.

That is exactly what I think, it is an individual hypothetical concept.

I am not religious and seldom go to temples but those who do prayers 2 times a day get something special from God. Is there something they get extra in their lives than those who are not so religious. Anything you may like to share what they get from it. :blink:

My experience has been that those are demonstratively or extravagantly or ostentatiously religious are the ones who and their actions should be constantly put under the scanner!
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HA HA HA! That is so true seeing that religion has become the biggest institution for money laundering in India! :evil: :laugh:

And this is the kind of religious leaders that our politicians are after! Some of them are even happy with blessings through 'kicks'! I agree that some of them deserve real kicks from the people of India but blessing with feet goes against basic ethos! They even hate to use their left hand while blessing politicians! My simple take on religion is that it should be separated from 'religiosity' and what we witness in our daily lives is mass hysteria promoted and practiced by our leading lights of all fields. If people sincerely believed in grasping the tenets of all religions and translated them into their daily lives, society would have less violent and less crime-prone!

Yes I too so wish that I could give some choicest of blessings via feet! :evil: Actually, even though people speak volumes about religion and virtuosity etc. etc. most people are attracted to various godmen and godwomen who have and exhibit displays of sinfully large amounts of money, eg. Nirmal baba, Shri Radhe Maa! There are some who really are very simple folks and practice what they preach but as they live frugally and do not have money to show, they do not get any followers! Some days ago I was watching a documentary on Shri Radhe Maa, initially it seems she was very simple in her outlook and outfit both and she failed to attract fan following. So she spruced up her appearance with more expensive designer sarees, diamond jewelry especially the diamond tiara she wears on her head, meticulous make-up and hair style and lo! She turned into a success story with many celebrities of Hollywood as her followers! She also attracted more money as way of offereings to her. Did the money and lavish display of her wealth make her more pious or religious??? But the mass hysteria that follows her or the Nirmal Baba or Amma Bhagwan from south really is something! :blink: :unsure:

What a topsy turvy world we live in ! On the one hand Indians love to hear stories about simplicity and how all the saints and god men lived with bare minimum of comfort and on the other hand we have a generation of who only recognise glitz and glory....one can see it trickling down to our population as well where people love to talk about themselves and their achievements at any given opportunity , so little wonder that even godmen and religious leaders have to change ...

Yes, it's contradiction of the most interesting kind! Now I come across Sadhus of Ramkrishna Mission travelling in swanky cars with police pilot van!! It encapsulates the signature of times we live in!

Wonder what next ? :dry: .....All these high profile( low character) citizens are beginning to look and sound the same - be it politicians,film stars,celebrities, mafia lords and religious leaders ! Bharat mahaan..

BUt most of them sound exactly like celebrities and film stars!!! eg. just watch the early morning session of Nirmal Baba's Darbar every day! :woohoo: :woohoo:

Yes I have seen that one Kalyani lol, the silk kurtas and the throne...he is supposed to have a third eye as well like lord Shiva isnt it ? he must laughing all the way to the bank...