Daniel – Thursday Oct 16th 2008 — Living goddess?
So can someone please tell me how one goes about becoming a living goddess? Well let me explain it as put forth by the article below. First you need to have some judges read your horoscopes then check you for any physical imperfections, then if you past those tests they need to make sure you are not afraid of the dark. And get this, as a final test you must spend a night alone in a room among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear. WHAT? Oh and your status as goddess expires at puberty. Not to mention Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari (living goddess) will die young, and so many girls remain unmarried and face a life of hardship because they were once a godess. Strange stuff folks. I’m glad I serve the one and only true God for says I am the same yesterday today and forever. Who never loses His divinity and of course doesn’t even flinch at the thought of darkness.
3 year-old as new living goddess
By Yuvraj Acharya, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 7, 9:59 AM ET
KATMANDU, Nepal – Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.
Wrapped in red silk and adorned with red flowers in her hair, Matani Shakya received approval from the priests and President Ram Baran Yadav in a centuries-old tradition with deep ties to Nepal’s monarchy, which was abolished in May.
The new “kumari” or living goddess, was carried from her parents’ home to an ancient palatial temple in the heart of the Nepali capital, Katmandu, where she will live until she reaches puberty and loses her divine status.
She will be worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the powerful Hindu deity Taleju.
A panel of judges conducted a series of ancient ceremonies to select the goddess from several 2- to 4-year-old girls who are all members of the impoverished Shakya goldsmith caste.
The judges read the candidates’ horoscopes and check each one for physical imperfections. The living goddess must have perfect hair, eyes, teeth and skin with no scars, and should not be afraid of the dark.
As a final test, the living goddess must spend a night alone in a room among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear.
Having passed all the tests, the child will stay in almost complete isolation at the temple, and will be allowed to return to her family only at the onset of menstruation when a new goddess will be named to replace her.
“I feel a bit sad, but since my child has become a living goddess I feel proud,” said her father Pratap Man Shakya.
During her time as a goddess, she will always wear red, pin up her hair in topknots, and have a “third eye” painted on her forehead.
Devotees touch the girls’ feet with their foreheads, the highest sign of respect among Hindus in Nepal. During religious festivals the goddesses are wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees.
Critics say the tradition violates both international and Nepalese laws on child rights. The girls often struggle to readjust to normal lives after they return home.
Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari will die young, and so many girls remain unmarried and face a life of hardship.
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Daniel – Thursday Oct 16th 2008 — Law suit against God?
I find it simply unbelievable what people will try and get away with these days. Check out this article I found about a man who tried to bring a law suit against God! Ridicules simply ridicules.Suit against God tossed over lack of address
Judge rules the Almighty wasn’t properly served due to unlisted address
Wed., Oct. 15, 2008
LINCOLN, Neb. – A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator’s lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn’t properly served, because of his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God.
He said God has made terrorist threats against the senator and his constituents in Omaha, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”
Chambers has said he filed the lawsuit to make the point that everyone should have access to the courts regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
On Tuesday, however, Douglas County District Court Judge Marlon Polk ruled that under state law a plaintiff must have access to the defendant for a lawsuit to move forward.
“Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant this action will be dismissed with prejudice,” Polk wrote.
Chambers, who graduated from law school but never took the bar exam, thinks he’s found a hole in the judge’s ruling.
“The court itself acknowledges the existence of God,” Chambers said Wednesday. “A consequence of that acknowledgment is a recognition of God’s omniscience.”
Therefore, Chambers said, “Since God knows everything, God has notice of this lawsuit.”
Chambers has 30 days to decide whether to appeal. He said he hasn’t decided yet.
Chambers, who has served a record 38 years in the Nebraska Legislature, is not returning next year because of term limits. He skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians.
