God – A G(oo)d Business
By Pardeep
14 July,
2008
Countercurrents.org
“There can’t be a God because if there were one, I
couldn’t believe that I wasn’t He.” –
Friedrich Nietzsche (German classical scholar, Philosopher
& Critic of culture)
If there is no God, is it necessary to invent him as claimed by all religious leaders? People say God helps them, who helps themselves, let me ask if one can help himself then why one needs a God? Isn’t it a blind belief, a hidden power which takes away all credits when one performs good & this hidden supernatural power; is blamed when people fails to achieve something good. One can easily agree nothing happens to us until & unless we deserve that but do new born kid deserves to be handicapped?
People claim in everybody there is a “God” or God is present everywhere, if it is so then will all people agree “one God is raping another God” when some crap rape someone? Most of the people in world are poor, not living happily, if there is a God then why so much poverty, do God love people suffering, why there is crime or so many murders or will all be agreeing on the fact that one God is killing/murdering another God at the time of murder? (This only can be possible in Hindu religion, where many a times Gods have declared wars against other Gods). Does God love people being killed at the time of Volcano eruption, droughts, floods, and earthquakes or at cyclones? Where God does hides him at all these tough times? When one will question about the existence of God to people try to give reference from their respective books but which God one should worship, Hindu, Muslim, and Jewish or Christian Gods? Religious leaders question atheists about the existence of world etc without knowing the “law of cause & effect”.
People claim God is necessary for happy living, it gives strength to deal with day to day life but truth is that God only lead to confusion & end in making people hopeless when their prayers are left unheard/unanswered. Its true all the God-believers are most corrupt, spiteful & thief also in India on the name of God & religion so much blood has been scattered in the streets but not for any revolution to bring equality & prosperity.
God as a Business:-
In India on the name of God, religion one can snatch everything one has. One just needs to teach immortality!!
“Tehelka” (30th Jun, 2007) reported news that how different religious gurus are eating away the hard earned money of poor people.
(A part of that news is as below)
“As per estimates with the finance and home ministries, the total turnover of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's empire is approximately Rs 400 crore”
Turnovers of various other so called religious Gurus are as Asaram Bapu (turnover Rs 350 crore), Mata Amritanandamayi, "Amma", of Kerala (turnover Rs 400 crore), Baba Ramdev of Hardwar (turnover Rs 400 crore), Sudhanshu Maharaj (turnover Rs 300 crore), and Murari Bapu (turnover Rs 150 crore).
Membership rates of Baba Ramdev “Ordinary membership: Rs 11,000. Honored membership: Rs 21,000. Special membership: Rs 51,000. Life membership: Rs 1 lakh. Reserved membership: Rs 2.51 lakh. Founder membership: Rs 5 lakh.”
"This is the best nirvana and it comes for a price," says head of the Delhi centre of Osho International Meditation Resort”.
Outside
the huge complex in Delhi that houses the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple, a large billboard says, "Become
a life member — all donations accepted here." The price
tag for a life membership starts at Rs 10,000.
Isn’t this “God-business" profitable? No work, no
taxes just enjoy bucks!!! These above mentioned names are few of those
who are eating away the money of poor but there are millions other
hidden in the remote parts of India those are ruining many lives on
the name fake “God”.
Now let’s see the money collected by some of the Hindu temples every year (figures must be higher as no Govt. has ever tried to collect data about this [Ref: From Book named “Hindutav -- Samasyao ki Samasya” by Dr. L R Bali]
Trimala
Temple 5Arab 32 crores
Ramakrishnan Mission 1Arab 52 crores
Shiridi Sai Baba 85 crores
Pliani Devsthan Sabha 50 crores
Vashno Devi 30 crores
Few days back all have read the news of special pathways at the rate of Rs. 500 to Rs 1000 for prayers at Vashno Devi!! Where all this money is going nobody knows. It’s shame on our part also that most of people those donate money on the name of God comes from the poor families & that money directly or indirectly is used against them only. Martin Luther King has said “Ultimate tragedy of mankind is not the brutality of few but the silence of many.” It’s we people those keep silent on the issues those matters us. “Let go” nature have made us like “cowards” & God-man’s have succeeded in creating fear, blind beliefs in their minds, which is tough to displace. It’s God which give rise to misconceptions, fears & many other blind beliefs those have nothing to do with the rational thinking - which is utmost necessary for development or to live happy life.
God is created so as few higher influencing people in society can keep hold over the entire society by injecting fear of God in the minds of innocents. “God” is created just as to confuse/misguide the society & religious hypocrites have succeeded in doing so. It’s we bunch of people those who think for humanity, mankind, fight for exploitation of the poor have to come forward. Never GIVE UP & stand up for the equality, justice, rational thinking & liberty.
"There is no god, no god at all. He who invented god was a rogue, he who believes god is an idiot and he who preaches god is a scoundrel."
God is
not dead, as it never existed. Death comes to those things only which
existed somewhere, sometime. God is biggest lie on earth!!
