Stones worshipped by Indian villagers turn out to be dinosaur eggs
Stones worshipped by Indian villagers turn out to be dinosaur eggs
Farmer Vesta Mandloi was surprised to learn recently that one of the "stone balls" his family had been worshipping for generations has turned out to be the fossilised egg of a giant dinosaur that lived in central India's Narmada valley millions of years ago. Like Mandloi, many farmers of Padlya vill...
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"Once a year near Diwali, the villagers make farm animals like cows or goats walk over these stones to gain the protection of the deity."
I'm sorry, but religion is so asinine...
And I'm sure some people would scoff at this quote with hypocrisy while simultaneously believing in their own make believe story.
There is a lot to crticize about religion but this isn't really worth getting upset about. An annual celebration might be as culturally significant as it is religiously so. Leave them alone about it if its harmless.
What makes you think I'm upset?
Calling out the absurdity of something doesn't mean that I'm upset or outraged.
How do I put this. You're looking real anthropologically ignorant right now. If the cultural practice isnt harmful the by far easiest and tactful thing to do isnnot comment upon it.
This is actually fucking disgusting. Your really shitting on the culture of a people you clearly don't understand, because you want to losely tie it into the fact that you (think) your better than the average person simply because you don't follow a religion. Believe what you want, and portray yourself how you want, but don't fucking use indigenous cultures as stepping stones to point out your beliefs. Go back to Reddit with this shit, man.
Religion is an idea and ideas don't inherently deserve respect. Anyone walking over anything to gain some sort of protection is ridiculous and should be treated as such. It is ok if you feel different but it's worriesome that you are directly attacking others like that.
The culture of other people, and by proxy their religion, does deserve respect. We are talking about tradition that has been passed from generation upon generation. This inheritely demands respect, assuming your not a redditor who sees themselves as above everyone else.
"I am right and if you disagree you belong to [group of people I don't like]."
Yikes, spoken like a true religious person.
I'm not religious, I just have basic fucking empathy. Great strawman BTW.
This inheritely demands respect, assuming your not a redditor who sees themselves as above everyone else.
Great strawman BTW.
Did you really not get that lol
You are reducing my point of "cultures inheritely demand respect for its generational perseverance" down to "I am right" You either can't think of a valid argument against my point, or you somehow gained enough compassion to not want to argue that other people's culture is not inheritely respectable.
argue that other people’s culture is not inheritely respectable.
I don't need to argue facts. But you go ahead and have fun with that if you want.
Yeah no I see that. God forbid you be wrong, right?