They said there was no scientific evidence to prove that the events described in Ramayana ever took place or that the characters depicted in the epic were real.

Any attempt to prove or disprove the existence of a bridge-building monkey army is ludacris.

Noah built that bridge to insure the proper clearance needed for his steam driven Ark. Everyone knows that.

The monkey army is way too busy burring fossils underground to worry about such rubbish. Besides, they work for the Wicked Witch of the West and she don't give a shit about trans-oceanic transportation.

I wish I had a monkey army.

India Withdraws Challenge to Hindu God Ram

Where's Ray when you need him *grin*

penguins will have to do for now

By now the world knows already that India suffers no lack of talents. But it fell behind advanced countries as Hindu superstitions gripped the nation for too long. The latest challenge to the mythology of Ram is a good indication that scientists and intellectuals are no longer buying religious dogmas of the superstitious anymore.

Way to go. The foot is already in the door. I hope very soon the cows are herded away from roaming the cities. Actually, the economy of India will jump if one billion people begin to accept beef as precious food.

Steak please --- medium, rare, or well done!

So! That's where all my monkeys disappeared to.

Second banana to the Hindu God Ram.

WWJD? I'd bet he wouldn't make off with all my monkeys. In fact I think he actually says somewhere that I'd better be treating my monkey right. Goodly assortment and bananas and no corporal punishment.

I wonder if Jesus can be said to have two daddies too....

Regards,
etc.

There have been many court battles over similiar issues in the US. As we build more pipelines and mines in the western US and Alaska (where Native Americans have more political clout), there will surely be more. Section 106 (Criteria A and B) of the NRHP protects culturally significant sites, and much to the dismay of mining companies, even those linked to mythological figures or events.

Though, I guess the difference over here is that the US government doesn't require proof of an actual historical person/event, just the significance of it to certain groups.

It's important to not let one's enthnocentrism cloud one's view of these kinds of things. A bridge built by a ram and his army of monkeys is no more out there than someone walking on water or parting the Red Sea. Even if you don't agree with someone's religious views or beliefs, they still deserve respect, especially if it means destroying a significant place forever.

Well, well. the story of Unga Bunga in his many forms, continues to be told, as his army of believers reiterates his existence.

Such displays make one wonder if "democracy" and universal suffrage are a good idea. The world in which these people live, is different than the world that people who form their ideas based on observation and interpretation of data, inhabit.

Since the world is overpopulated and cannot sustain its current population, those who are "believers" should be willing to exit quickly as they proceed to the next life, either through ascension to Heaven or Paradise, or through re-entry through reincarnation, or perhaps "union with the void," release from the cycle of life and death.

All the accomplishments of scientific inquiry are for naught for the great unwashed.

It's true that Newton, for example, a creative mind, was "a believer," who on his death bed declared that his greatest accomplishment was deliberately remaining celibate (a form of perversion) throughout his life. But one would suspect that even a lesser mind is now more enlightened, and that Newton might have altered his opinion if he had had access to psychiatric care. Genius does not preclude mental illness, which creates a distorting prism through which the world is viewed.

By the way, I'm considering establishing a fund for votaries of Unga Bunga. Please send the money in well-worn unmarked bills. Since we celebrate diversity and do not discriminate, please forward the money to any religious group, and congratulate them on maintaining their beliefs despite being subjected to ridicule, obloquy, and contempt because of a demonstrated ability to continue with superstitious interpretations in the modern world.

If you "love" Unga Bunga, and can indulge sham and pretense as reality, please post an encomium to him. Unga Bunga is great. Unga Bunga. Unga Bunga.

Personally, I am a member of a cargo cult.

I am praying for a FedEx plane to bring me some more of that Purple Erkel.

There are plenty of righty tightys that believe in what monkeys can do in current events. Army of monkeys building a bridge? Oh pithel not to hard to believe. A chimp has been running this country for six and a half years. Then there are the assorted horses asses advising the chimp in charge.

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more than a little comical.

Almost as funny as the Pope's hat.