Posted by: Homeyji November 22, 2011
Do you still believe in God and/or religion?
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The best you can do is listen to my story as a 'hypothesis.' You don't have to agree with it or disagree with it. Then do your own experimentation. Then based on the results of your experimentation you will have the proof you need to believe or to not believe. Then make your own conclusion.

We do this all the time. Let me tell you a different story:

In a Nepali gathering, Rajesh dai will say, "Hey you know, I took my children to the Anaconda Rollercoaster ride in Disney world. My children had  a wonderful experience."

Chaurey jumps on his feet and starts yelling, "Where is the proof? Where is the proof that you had fun?"

Rajesh dai looks around at the other Nepalese gathered in the living room as if to say, 'is everything alright with Chaurey?' They look back at Rajesh dai with their eyebrows raised and shrug. They haven't seen Chaurey act like this before.

Rajesh dai says, "Well Chaurey, you can take your children to Disney World too. Take them on the Anaconda ride and they will know if they enjoyed the ride or not."

Chaurey, his back arched forward, ready to fight, "Chill out Rajesh dai. I am just looking for the proof. Why should I believe you? Where is the proof?"

Rajesh dai now is quite alarmed. He doesn't know what to say. If Chaurey would just follow his GPS to Disney world and put his children into the Anaconda Rollercoaster ride, he could come to his own conclusion about whether they found the Anaconda Rollercoaster ride to be fun or not. But poor Chaurey only knows how to overreact and make a spectacle of himself in a Nepali gathering. Rajesh dai simply shakes his head, amused, and continues to sip on his masala tea and sighs to himself.

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