Not for the poor. They are in pain and poverty all the time.
One in 3 in India get only Rs.11/- or less a day! When I write these words there
are dozens of children who are dying without food and water. There are thousands
of infants who die out of mal-nutrition and sickness each day. When a tsunami occurred a few years back a few
hundred thousand people -mostly poor ones living along the costs- perished in a
moment. Earthquakes, floods and hurricanes kill millions every year. If there
is a supernatural purpose for sending man down here why are they mercilessly killed?
If the gods are sending their souls to heaven why should they send the poor, blind,
mad and crippled ones to suffer here? Do those above enjoy the suffering and
shrieks of agony?
Of all
the children born into this world a vast majority of them died before the age
of 10 up to the twentieth century when man developed the medical science. There
was no cure for any contagious disease until then and entire societies used to
be wiped out in a plague or an epidemic. Where were the gods? Pain and
suffering has been the reality ever since man’s appearance on this planet. It
continues even today, at a lesser degree as man has developed medical science,
agriculture and technology. There has been no help coming from above in any
way. If man tries hard he can succeed or prolong his life or he can be in
abject poverty and sickness until death.
Well there has been a lot of help for the kings who ruled in
the name of gods, for the popes, cardinals and bishops who live in luxurious palaces
amidst wealth and luxury (with the money collected from the faithful in the
name of the gods) and for the religious heads who live like Maharajahs without doing any work. There is no tangible benefit for ordinary
people and any intangible benefit received is only a creation of their own
brain.
The religious guys have taught us that gods are responsible for every thing good in our lives and we are responsible for every thing bad! Even though we have to work hard to bring in a success, the credit goes to gods. Even if a failure or misfortune happens, for no fault of ours, the blame is on us!
The religious guys have taught us that gods are responsible for every thing good in our lives and we are responsible for every thing bad! Even though we have to work hard to bring in a success, the credit goes to gods. Even if a failure or misfortune happens, for no fault of ours, the blame is on us!
