India: 400 men cut off their testicles to 'get closer to God'

Started by Youssuf Ramadan, March 04, 2015, 04:40:17 PM

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Youssuf Ramadan

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/india-400-men-cut-off-their-testicles-get-closer-god-following-advice-guru-1489971

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India: 400 men cut off their testicles to 'get closer to God' following advice from 'guru'


Multi-millionaire religious "guru" Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh persuaded around 400 of his estimated 50 million followers worldwide to cut off their own testicles to "bring them closer to God".

The details of the bizarre incident have only just come to light despite reportedly taking place in 2000 at a hospital run by Ram Rahim in India.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly accused Ram Rahim of grievous bodily harm and he is under investigation. He has previously been questioned over the murder of an investigative journalist in 2002 and has also been accused of sexual assault by female followers but has never been charged.

Navkiran Singh, who is the lawyer for Hans Raj Chauhan, the only castration victim so far to come forward, said his client and other victims believed they would become social outcasts if they refused to perform the "operation" demanded of them by Ram Rahim.
"They were told that only those who get castrated will be able to meet God," said Navkiran, in a report in the Daily Mail.

Ram Rahim, 47, dubbed the "guru in bling", is head of the socio-political organisation Dera Sacha Sauda and is estimated to be worth £26m.
The guru stars in a spectacular new movie, Messenger of God, in which he appears to walk on air, tear tree trunks in half and perform other miracles. Though 157,000 people are thought to have attended the film's premiere in Gurgaon, near Delhi, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, the revelations have caused sales of tickets for the movie to dwindle dramatically.

Gurus are big business in India, where their endorsements can help political parties get elected, and where millions of people seek spiritual guidance every year. Sathya Sai Baba, who was said to be able to conjure ash from thin air, was worth an estimated US$7bn when he died.
Even after death, some gurus retain a hold over devotees. Ashutosh Maharaj, who was certified deceased by medical examiners last year, has had his body frozen by followers who apparently believe he is merely in a state of deep meditation called "samadhi".

Shit... I hope this takes off with other religions too.  Give it a few decades and the world would be a much nicer and more reasonable place to live.   :lol:

Desdinova

"How long will we be
Waiting, for your modern messiah
To take away all the hatred
That darkens the light in your eye"
  -Disturbed, Liberate

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PickelledEggs

At least their sub-par logic can't be re-born in to the gene pool.

leo

LOL.  Stupid religious freaks.
Religion is Bullshit  . The winner of the last person to post wins thread .


Jason78

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real
tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. -Plato

stromboli

Win-win. Won't be raping anybody and the gene pool will be uncluttered by their offspring.

aitm

A humans desire to live is exceeded only by their willingness to die for another. Even god cannot equal this magnificent sacrifice. No god has the right to judge them.-first tenant of the Panotheust

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kilodelta

They'd be even closer if they were to incinerate themselves into nothing. But, losing a part of oneself is a step closer.
Faith: pretending to know things you don't know

Shiranu

Say what you want, the Middle East may be violent but... man, Indians be fucking crazy. They blow the nuttiest Middle Eastern sects out of the water.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

leo

Religion is Bullshit  . The winner of the last person to post wins thread .

Shiranu

Quote from: leo on March 04, 2015, 11:26:51 PM
So ISIS isn't that crazy compared to Indians ?

Crazy? No. Violent, certainly. But not crazy. Killing people for political and territorial gains, to exert fear in your subjects, and because your religion promotes it is not something particularly uncommon.

Cutting off your dick to get closer to God? That is a bit more out of the norm.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

Atheon

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca