Why are folks from subcontinent
such twerps? May be they are plain lazy waiting for a windfall or simply conned.
Why are we not in peace with the way the world runs, after all it is not some
cryptic rocket science. It generally rewards hard work but there are some
people who are disproportionately rewarded for no work or punished even for
hard work but that is aberration rather than the rule. It is not
some act of kindness or retribution from the almighty God but random occurrence.
Think of this; you have a bunch of marbles in your hand which you toss in a pit
like in a game children play. Most will scatter but a few marbles will
necessarily drop into the pit. Are these lucky/unlucky marbles?
Let us reconcile to the fact
that a large majority will be rewarded according to their efforts but a small
fraction will be disproportionately rewarded or punished. Quirk of our nature is
such that common occurrence is ignored but the odd ones glows like beacons in
dark night. We notice these aberrations and ignore vast majority going about their
regular humdrum life. Here comes the conman in the garb of a saint and
convinces you that God is a sorcerer whose pleasure is tied down to bizarre
acts and odd numbers. What is magical about ‘five namaaz’, three , seven parikrama
or hundred and one chants or fasting and depriving oneself of comfort to please
these deities! These saints thrive on placebo effect. Roughly a quarter of
patients given dud /blank pills and told that this may improve their condition actually
benefit from these blank pills. Similarly a quarter of the those flocking these saints actually a get a
high due to placebo effect, but it has no contribution coming from the God men.
While majority not gaining from the them is forgotten these jerks are
selectively exhibited.
Decide for yourself …… If you
believe in God, won’t helping a blind man cross the street will be weightier
than a life time of temple visits, or namaazs?
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