President Pandurang always likes Gilbert's posts. His latest post has a lot of
uncommon wisdom - wisdom that does not make sense to the common man and woman.
But like Gilbert President Pandurang is an uncommon man. So he agrees with
Gilbert all the time. Here are the President's comments on Gilbert's latest
thoughts.
--- On Sun, 12/28/08, Gilbert Lawrence <gilbert2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>The concept of God will harm humanity, if humans use / abuse the
> concept for their detriment. To simplify the concept, even
> (good) food can be bad if not used / eaten at the right
> time, right place and in the right proportions. As the
> above title itself, and that is reflected today, human
> social values 'suck', and we blame God or our concepts of god for them >(our
> social values).
>
Gilbert is right. God means jaggery. Too much jaggery is bad for your health.
You might become fat or diabetic. He is right about sucking god too. When I was
little I used to suck on a godacho with pez.
>
>Problems that are seen today were not seen / heard a century ago e.g. >organ
>transplant, euthanasia, cloning, etc.
>
I agree. Organ transplant is a big problem. Because of organ transplants many
people are not going to heaven very soon these days. Hundred years ago they
were reaching there immediately.
>
>I would submit that much of today's social problems - divorce, half of >all
>child-births born out of wedlock, drug dependency, etc, are a result >of LACK
>OF religion and moral values.
>
Yes, I don't understand why a wife divorces her husband who beats her after
drinking copachem. Copachem is good for your and your wife's health. I don't
know why people do not depend on it today like 100 years ago.
>
> "Gnosticism (Greek - knowledge or in sanskrit -
> gnana) refers to a diverse, syncretistic religious movement
> consisting of various belief systems generally united in the
> teaching that humans are divine souls trapped in a material
> world created by an imperfect god, ..."
>
Exactly. Knowledge is very bad for everybody. Hundred years ago nobody had this
much knowledge as we have today, and we were very happy. Knowledge has
destroyed our happiness. I wish people become ignorant again like 100 years ago.
>
> It depends how one uses the concept of God. Just like one
> can use / abuse food. In the example of food, both
> extremes - the lack of it with starvation due to poverty,
> anorexia (starvation in the midst of plenty); and excess
> consumption (bulimia) are all bad results of a good / needed
> requirement. Similarly, science is good! But science can
> / has been abused / contaminated by personal (individual) or
> systemic ('school of thought') failings and abuses.
>
We make many things out of god in Chimbel like paatollyo, nevreo, godachi
bhaakri, dodol, etc. If you eat too much of them you are abusing god, which is
bad. If you don't eat god, there is saakor, but that is bad also. If you don't
eat anything then you are like the atheist.
Now, you can contaminate god just like science. It depends on where you buy it.
Some shopkeepers sell god contaminated with scientific chemicals. That is why
science is bad. In Chimbel we have banned teaching of science because of
failings (of our students) in our schools of thought. Many children were
failing in science and abusing our teachers. Next year we are also going to ban
teaching gnana. We don't want our students to be gnostic.
>
> Perhaps you missed my article that was posted on Goanet on "The >Evolution of
> Religion". A re-read of that post (posted below) may help >and answer some
> questions and issues.
>
Gilbert's post on Evolution of Religion requires special attention and
comments. It is an answer to most questions about god, food and digestion. I
don't know why so many people on Goanet like Sandeep missed such an important
post.
Cheers,
Santosh
for President Pandurang Fernandes
