WHAT IS GOD’S RELIGION ?

I  recently met a retired  Indian nuclear scientist in the U.S. The ex- scientist had set up a temple in a city in the US. He looked a typical ‘ swamiji’—flowing beard ,spotless dhoti and kurta,  ability to effortlessly quote scriptures. I asked him what made him choose a life in a temple. What he told me shocked  me.

‘God appeared in my dream’ he told me  ‘ and asked me to set up a Vaishnavite temple’.

I am quite frankly  scared of people who claim to talk to God or receive instructions from  Him. I supect their sanity.

  Take George  Bush. He told the world  that God asked him to attack Iraq ! It was apparent that this man is a vile despot. His deluded actions have cost countless innocent lives.  Subsequent events  bear us out.

Rev. .Rod Parsely an Evangelist in the US shocked  many when he said  ‘Islam  is a false religion and God has told  America to destroy it’.

I was under the impression that the only point on which Christianity and Islam agreed  was that Hinduism was a false religion ! 

Jesus is reported to have said that he had not come to replace any Prophet. . He  was only completing   their unfinished job. Muslims believe that Jesus had left the job unfinished and the Prophet of Islam had completed it. Considering that according to one tradition  there have been 125000 prophets it seems we are no clearer about God  despite their exertions. Indeed I am still not convinced about even  the existence of God..

What I notice is that we  will kill anyone who does not agree with our limited understanding of God!  

There is a story about a  man who died and went to whatever place we go to when we are no more. He was resting under a tree when he saw a massive  crowd following a saintly  figure. He asked an old bearded  figure sitting on a rock nearby what  the crowd was about.

‘Oh that is Prophet Mohammed’s    birthday and Muslims are following him.’

 Sometime later they saw another crowd following another saintly looking  person. When  asked what the crowd was about the old  bearded figure replied   ‘it is  the birthday of Jesus  and millions of Christians are following him’

Later they saw another crowd and this time the bearded figure replied  ‘It is Lord Krishna’s birthday and millions of Hindus are following him.’

At this point our dead friend’s   curiosity was aroused. . He asked the bearded figure  ‘how come you have all the answers? Just who are you ?”

 ‘I am God . Today is my birthday and nobody is bothered about me ‘he replied.

Coming to the title of this article—If God is all knowing then  considering what we doing in his name he may well tell  us that  his religion  is  AThEISM.

Just consider this .Kerala is supposed to be God’s own country. This state is a communist stronghold.

K.R.RAVI

USA