Quando os Deuses vem cá abaixo...

A relação entre o Homem e a Religião começou desde que o homem começou a usar a sua "massa cinzenta"... não surpreendente, os primeiros deuses foram o fogo, a água e o sol... sempre que o homem via algo que o surpreendia e na qual achava grandioso de mais para o sua insignificancia tomava o como sendo um Deus... Dai que após uma maior compreensão e dominio do fogo, da terra, agua, passou se para os planetas e passamos a ter Marte, Jupiter e ,mais uma vez, o Sol como Deuses... Quando começou a haver uma maior compreensão sobre a Astrologia, mais uma vez se adaptou a religião para o que temos nos dias de hoje. O que importa aqui dizer é que o Homem quando precisa, não compreende ou quando quer ver, "arranja" Deuses em qualquer lado... Aqui vai uma história muito gira para demonstrar esse facto:

"Hundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to authorities, saying it is an incarnation of God, officials said on Tuesday.

Villagers chanting hymns and carrying garlands, bowls of rice and fruits are pouring in from remote villages to a temple in Kendrapara, a coastal district in eastern Orissa state.

Policemen have struggled to control the gathering and have failed to persuade the villagers to give up the sea turtle.

"We have asked the villagers to hand it over as it is illegal to confine a turtle, but they are refusing," said P.K. Behera, a senior government wildlife official.

The turtle is protected in India and anyone found keeping one without permission can be jailed for a year or more and fined.

But adamant villagers have refused to give up the reptile, saying the turtle bears holy symbols on its back and is an incarnation of Lord Jagannath, a popular Hindu deity.

"Lord Jagannath has visited our village in the form of a turtle. We will not allow anybody to take the turtle away," said Ramesh Mishra, a priest of the temple.

(Reporting by Jatindra Dash; Writing by Bappa Majumdar; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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