REL GENRL Indian Officials Demolish 'Corona Mata Temple' In Crackdown On COVID Superstition

Melodi

Melodi

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So the Hindus Goddess of Corona wears a mask... There's a Goddess of Small Pox too, the government may have shut down this particular temple but this is how rural villagers in India tend to cope with threats. Worship it, acknowledge it, and hope it will leave you and yours alone. In Brazil, in the midst of the pandemic there, they are putting up an even larger statue of Jesus than the one that is already famous. In dangerous and dark times, people do things like this.

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Indian Officials Demolish 'Corona Mata Temple' In Crackdown On COVID Superstition
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BY TYLER DURDEN
SUNDAY, JUN 13, 2021 - 10:30 PM
While India is dealing with "scientists" allegedly lying and cheating over COVID cures, officials in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have demolished a shrine dedicated to a coronavirus-inspired goddess, reportedly due to concerns about dubious claims of health benefits linked to the unorthodox religious site.

Last week, we saw The Indian Bar Association serve a legal notice (pdf) on World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan on May 25, claiming that she was “spreading disinformation and misguiding the people of India, in order to fulfill her agenda” and sought to prevent her from “causing further damage.”

But, with "science" being questioned for its political bias worldwide, residents of a village near the city of Pratapgarh constructed a temple allowing devotees to seek the healing powers of “Mother Corona” as they battle the virus.

“Villagers collectively set up the temple with the belief that praying to the deity would definitely offer respite to people suffering from Covid-19,” one local told Indian news agency ANI.
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As RT reports, the shrine is composed of a mask-clad statue set behind a yellow backdrop. Devotees brought yellow flowers as offerings to the goddess, but were not allowed to touch the statue, according to local media reports.

According to the Times of India, police and regional officials dismantled the temple several days after it was unveiled in order to “discourage superstition” about the virus among villagers.

Ironically, places in India where Ivermectin is used preventatively or as early treatment, such as Goa and Uttar Pradesh, are seeing COVID-19 cases declining versus states that have banned the drug.
“Every one of those states, the curves are now precipitously declining,” said Dr. Pierre Kory, President and Chief Medical Officer of the FLCCC Alliance.
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“But there’s a state in India called Tamil Nadu whose minister there basically effectively outlawed ivermectin... [and] the cases and deaths in that state are skyrocketing,” he added.
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According to data by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu saw 20,421 new cases and 434 deaths on June 6, while Goa recorded 403 new cases and 16 deaths, and Uttar Pradesh reported 1,037 cases and 85 deaths.

Uttar Pradesh, one of the most populous states in India with over 200 million people, has been handing out free medical kits containing seven days’ worth of medication, one of which is ivermectin, for COVID-19 positive patients under home isolation.
So - was it the ivermectin... or the Corona-Mata Temple that saved the people of Uttar Pradesh?

 
naegling62

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Wow, very interesting social experiment. We are witnessing how primitive cultures set up new gods. It's a win win situation. Corona will eventually fade away and guess who gets the credit? Well say hello to the new god of bio-warfare.
 
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In India, all those gods and goddesses are merely aspects of some smaller number of divine beings, who themselves are merely reflections of a central and unknowable entity that is beyond any kind of definition or description (at least, that's how Indians have described it to me). This "new" goddess is likely an avatar of one of the more well-known goddesses; if I had to guess, I'd say Parvathi, whose avatars include Maa Durga the warrioress, and Maa Kali who represents berserk fury (definitely not the caricature from the Indiana Jones movie).

"New" gods and goddesses are not entirely uncommon. Ganesha is a fairly recent addition to the pantheon, as is Maa Santoshi who appeared in the mid-20th century as a patron goddess of "satisfaction", protecting put-upon women to defend them from mistreatment (usually by their inlaws).
 
Melodi

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Faroe said:
Similar to patron saints.
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Exactly, there already is a traditional Goddes of Small Pox in India. In much of the Catholic world, there is a "Saint" for nearly everything you can imagine that people can pray to or leave offerings for. I mentioned the Brazilians erecting a super-giant new statue of Jesus in the face of Corona.

Without stomping on anyone's religious toes here, there are certain things that human beings just tend to do when faced with wars, diseases, and famines.

I'm not sure you could really explain to an Anthropologist from Mars the difference between prayer to the Goddess of Small Pox and prayer for healing to Our Lady at Lourdes.

Here is an article from a Catholic Website on which Saint to Prayer to for various illness if you are Roman Catholic (I'm sure the Orthodox, Syrian and Ethiopian Churches have their own as well).

I've even left in the adverts for suggested projects one can buy for use when praying to them....

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30 Healing Saints for Common Ailments

30 Healing Saints for Common Ailments
Jun 03, 2014 by Mary Thierfelder

When it comes to concerns for our health and the health of our loved ones, we should always turn to prayer. We pray for disease prevention, for physical healing, and for peace of soul while enduring physical suffering. Fortunately, there seems to be a special saint for just about every illness and health concern we can think of!
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The saints are great aids to us in our time of need and help guide us to greater love for Christ through our crosses and trials, especially when it comes to our health. Here is a list of both popular and not-so-well-known saints to invoke for common ailments:

  1. Addictions – St. Maximilian Kolbe
  2. Arthritis – St. Alphonsus Ligouri
  3. Babies, Infants, Children’s Health – St. Philomena
  4. Back Pain – St. Gemma Galgani
  5. Breast Cancer – St. Agatha
  6. Broken Bones – St. Stanislaus Kostka
  7. Burns – St. John the Apostle
  8. Cancer – St. Peregrine
  9. Chronic Illness and Suffering – St. Lidwina of Schiedam
  10. Cramps, Abdominal Pain – St. Erasmus of Formiae (St. Elmo)
  11. Diabetes – St. Josemaria Escriva
  12. Epilepsy and Seizures – St. Vitus
  13. Eye Disorders – St. Lucy
  14. Head Injuries – Blessed John Licci
  15. Headaches – St. Teresa of Avila
  16. Heart Disease, Heart Attack – St. John of God
  17. Impossible Causes – St. Jude Thaddeus
  18. Infections – St. Agrippina of Mineo
  19. Infertility, Miscarriage, Childbirth – St. Gerard
  20. Kidney Disease – St. Benedict
  21. Lung and Respiratory Problems – St. Bernardine of Siena
  22. Obesity, Stomach Ailments – St. Charles Borromeo
  23. Pain, Suffering, Healing – St. Pio of Pietrelcina
  24. Skin Disease – St. Anthony of the Desert
  25. Stress, Anxiety, Mental Health – St. Dymphna
  26. Strokes, High Blood Pressure – St. Andrew Avellino
  27. Surgery – St. Luke the Evangelist
  28. Throat Ailments – St. Blaise
  29. Toothache, Dental Problems – St. Apollonia
  30. Wounds – St. Rita
You can find information, medals, prayer cards, and devotional items for many popular saints using our helpful Patron Saint Index here.

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All you holy men and women, pray for us!
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Dennis Olson

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Melodi said:
Without stomping on anyone's religious toes here, there are certain things that human beings just tend to do when faced with wars, diseases, and famines.
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Well, the less advanced human beings at any rate.

We tend to pray to God, but we don't make up new ones as the wind blows.
 
Melodi

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Blacknarwhal

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Ha ha, nope. Saint Dogbert has that covered.

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Melodi

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Looks Harmless said:
Aren't saints just man made demi-gods if they can prayed to in lew of praying directly to the Creator? :hmm:
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An argument that goes back at least to Martin Luther and probably before, and mostly depends on if you are a Protestant or Catholic Christian.

As someone who is a polytheist myself, I don't see much difference from the way the average Catholic in Ireland (or Venezuela when I lived there) prayed to Saints or indeed the Virgin Mary, then praying directly to their Head Office.
 
Blacknarwhal

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Looks Harmless said:
Aren't saints just man made demi-gods if they can prayed to in lew of praying directly to the Creator? :hmm:
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Rest assured you are not the only one with this stance. About the only reason I don't say it any more is because it's immediately shouted down as "Catholic bashing."

I feel much the same way about praying to body parts like the "sacred heart" of Jesus as well.
 
Looks Harmless

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Blacknarwhal said:
Rest assured you are not the only one with this stance. About the only reason I don't say it any more is because it's immediately shouted down as "Catholic bashing."

I feel much the same way about praying to body parts like the "sacred heart" of Jesus as well.
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I really don't care how folks choose to connect with the Creator. I do have issues with hypocrisy, however. Claiming that those people are superstitious while the same thing appears to occur in some supposed "advanced" religions/societies and that it is somehow different seems disingenuous to me. YMMV
 
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