RamaRaksha

Agree with you totally on the last part - we made religions, we created our Gods To me the Christian/Islamic God is none other than their local King/Dictator is plain to see - the same rewarding of loyalty - you are either loyal to me or else - Master/Slave religions Back in the day if your king was weak and/or disinterested and you see a neighboring King taking better care of his citizens, you might seek refuge under him and the first thing that King would ask for is your loyalty - a slave may serve only one master - in a violent world where enemies are everywhere, no King is going

Again this idea that there is some way we get to live the easy good Retired life somewhere - whether we call it Nirvana or Heaven - is only possible right here on earth A Tree has little or no brain - it feels no pain - some trees live for thousands of years longer than even the Pyramids were built - free food falls from the sky - Heaven! The lesser the brain, the less pain & suffering & vice versa We have a bigger brain - ideas come rushing in - my health, my job, my country, my loved ones, their well-being, my dreams, my hopes - all of this comes with Pain & suffer

The point of the post is that there is only one World - this one! No running away and hiding in some magic land in the sky. God is not a Sugar Daddy, He is not running a Retirement Home in the sky. So those vermin is YOU or your friends, buddy We are not talking Einstein here - my post is not confusing - it is not pleasing

The point is that Heaven is a fantasy - we are not going to get EVERYTHING we wish for in a fantasy Have you seen Twilight zone episodes where the guy thinks he made a good deal and then finds that there is a catch to such a deal? Same way - despite all that life or God has taught us millions view God as their ticket to the easy good life - just sit about sponging off him for eternity! How does that make any sense? Why would God be a servant to billions and keep them in comfort, tending to their pleasures of the flesh? But that is the life that people want, and they will ge

The Dog issue - Just what I wrote - please don't read anything in it - I am not that complicated As for being reincarnated as some other animal - yes you can - I picked a Dog because we can see it satisfies the conditions of heaven - some nice being nicely taking good care of us, nothing to do but lie about all day and enjoy the easy good life wow all that just by using a capital letter - boy you are deep But that's what religious hate does The rules are life's rules - that we all abide by. You know that you can't stay in the nest all your life - you will have to

Hi: Most people know that Hindus believe that we might come back as lower life forms - bugs, animals I want to correct some misconceptions on this issue First, these ideas were not limited to Hindus alone - we don't do that - We are ALL God's Children and His/Her rules apply equally to ALL of us Second, most religions view God as a Master - reward(Heaven) & punishment(Hell) is how he operates. Hindus view God as a Parent/Teacher - a Parent/Teacher instructs, Teaches but does not punish So, being reborn as a Dog or a cat is not a punishment but a Choice that we made of o