1.0Drishtikonehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikoneDesh Kapoorhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/author/drishtikone/Today's Ram never Existed!rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iXkQXvBH1h"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2007/09/todays-ram-never-existed/">Today's Ram never Existed!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2007/09/todays-ram-never-existed/embed/#?secret=iXkQXvBH1h" width="600" height="338" title="“Today's Ram never Existed!” — Drishtikone" data-secret="iXkQXvBH1h" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I often wonder if it is time that God be abolished from the public life? The personalities that fill up the pantheon of "Gods" around the world are USED shamelessly by everyone. In the US, when a politician or a pastor rapes young boys as a gay and he suddenly discovers Jesus. When a player tortures animals and is in danger of losing everything - he suddenly finds Jesus lurking in the woodwork of his house and pulls out the trusted God-figure. In India, Ram is used to a similar effect but in a totally different way. Gandhi appeased the Muslims throughout his tenure as the defacto dictator of Indian Independence movement, yet he would like Vaishnav Jan...