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Heights of superstitious India: Man marries dog
If there is a country that often takes superstition to different heights, it's India. Throw salt behind you over your shoulder every morning to have a good day; bury your child's first tooth in cow-dung and throw it over your roof -- it will hasten the child's teething process; you can't marry unless your astrological charts match; about 300 million gallons of waste go into the Ganges every day, yet people go to bathe there as they believe it will wash away their sins ... the list just gets more and more absurd and is endless. (Most Indian politicians follow their faith when they make decisions for their country -- but that's a different story altogether.)
The latest demonstration of superstitious India: Indian man marries female dog to redeem himself of stoning two dogs to death. When he killed those two dogs about 15 years ago, he suffered some form of paralysis and lost hearing in one ear. An astrologer told him that he was cursed for his bad deed and marrying a dog was the only remedy.
What!?
OK, just for the record: I like to respect what people have faith in. I am Indian and have been brought up around things like karma and traditional astrological / spiritual beliefs. I may not believe in most of it, but I do respect it. But when it gets taken to levels like this, I really don't know what to think.
I know India has a huge problem of illiteracy, and poor villagers depend on their local pandit, or astrologer to show them the way. If it helps you in your life, fine -- but where is your head when you are asked to marry an animal?
Not being educated doesn't mean you don't have common sense and it amazes me how all sense of rationality often gets thrown out of the window in the name of faith. It also scares me.
[Via Red Orbit]
I know India has a huge problem of illiteracy, and poor villagers depend on their local pandit, or astrologer to show them the way. If it helps you in your life, fine -- but where is your head when you are asked to marry an animal?
Not being educated doesn't mean you don't have common sense and it amazes me how all sense of rationality often gets thrown out of the window in the name of faith. It also scares me.
[Via Red Orbit]
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
Sher Nov 20th 2007 1:21PM
Pray that a man will not be abused his dog wife as he did to other 2 dogs a long time ago.
dreemin Nov 20th 2007 1:29PM
Michael Vick is gonna get jealous about this!
dude Nov 21st 2007 12:41PM
He already killed his first two wives.
dude Nov 21st 2007 12:40PM
I think that is the guy that answered the phone when I called AOL.
jim Nov 20th 2007 2:05PM
what the the poor dog do wrong
Richard Ament Nov 20th 2007 2:07PM
I guess you have to say he's a doggone fool!
Dawn Nov 20th 2007 2:16PM
Poor dog having to pay for this man's stupidity . Wonder which breed of dog he prefers ?
Kathy Thomas Nov 20th 2007 2:42PM
You're all sick.
MD Nov 20th 2007 3:25PM
Is this really any stranger than someone letting their dog sleep in the same bed or kiss them on the lips after the dog licks it's ass!! Or the fact that people carry their dogs around in purses or chase after them picking up poop!! India has an amazing culture and it may seem strange to us... but we do plenty of weird things ourselves.
KAREN Nov 20th 2007 3:26PM
the dog looks better than alot of the women i've seen
K.G. Reinhardt Nov 20th 2007 5:21PM
It is difficult to get used to the immoral and/or disgusting things that some people do in various parts of the world. Marrying your dog would be one.
But...it's a spiritual war and we have to keep working to get the countries with bad practices to lean more our way.
rick Nov 20th 2007 5:40PM
Leave it to a middle eastern....Do I need to say more.
bflogal1958 Nov 20th 2007 7:23PM
This is beastiality folks...clear and simple. Let's not confuse this with anything rational. If someone told me it would cleanse my soul to mate with a goat, or anything from a different species, I would question his
intellectual capacity to be giving advice to the needy.
I pity the poor dog...she has to live with this...I believe someone said... "dolt"! I protect the rights of anyone to practice whatever religion they choose...beastilaity is not approved of in any of them except satanism....I rest my case!
dude Nov 21st 2007 12:44PM
Is he going to have sex with his new wife? I guess they will do it doggy style?