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 suspect 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 are 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.