Comments on: French Actress Condemns World’s Largest Animal Sacrifice

By: DeRosset B Myers

DeRosset B Myers — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:43:07 +0000

“Tradition.” There’s that word again, and once again it’s used as a lousy excuse to do something horrible. If people want to honor their deities, fine, but they should find methods that are not cruel.

By: herwin

herwin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:42:41 +0000

steph + 1

By: steph

steph — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:55:58 +0000

I just read eyewitness encounters of people that were there and it is disturbing. Men just moving through the heard hacking and slashing with swords. And many died of starvation even before the hacking started.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANIMAL ABUSE!!! NONE!!!!!

By: steph

steph — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:53:52 +0000

well i just read some eyewittnes accounts of this “festival” and it is DISGUSTING animal abuse.

I don’t care if they are going to eat or use it. They STARVE the animals before hand, many died BEFORE the real killing started. And men moving through hundreds of animals just hacking and slashing?

Yeah….ANIMAL ABUSE

I’m sure if this was dogs or cats…you would be singing a different tune.

By: Whoever...

Whoever... — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:09 +0000

Exactly

I’m also a spiritual person and not, in any way, religious.
But to me, being spiritual doesn’t mean that one has to be this ‘goody doer’ or something…. That’s why I sometimes shock people with the kind of remarks I make

I believe ALL religions serve one purpose alone – to manipulate people by feeding them lies, divide them and keep them away from the ‘oneness’ (if you like), because as someone once said: “Divide to conquer!”
This way ‘they’ can continue with their ‘agenda’.
And why is it that the roman catholic church has its own state, the vatican? What happened to ‘sharing with the poor’?
And wasn’t their christ who expelled the vendors from the temple? I ask: aren’t religions, in particular the catholic church, just another very profitable business?

Oh and I agree with you (what else is new ) when you write “or her as i like to to think of God”. The true ‘Divinity’, ‘Oneness’, ‘Supreme Intelligent Energy’, ‘God’ (whatever you wanna call it) has both the male and female energy.
Why is it then that god, buddha, allah, etc., are all male figures? Hum, maybe because religions were created by persons who were in power in order to control the people – and who has been in power through all these past centuries? Unfortunately, men…
Therefore, I would assume that if women were in power at the time of the ‘creation’ of religions, these same divinities (god, buddha, allah, etc.) would be female… Although I believe women wouldn’t do such a stupid, arrogant thing because I think they are more sensitive, sensible, intuitive and peaceful than men.

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:29:53 +0000

Everyone sins in life.
ALL religious do sin.
And GOD will never be pleased with bloodshed (human or animal).

By: The Wild Hunt » Gadhimai Mela and other Pagan News of Note

The Wild Hunt » Gadhimai Mela and other Pagan News of Note — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:14 +0000

[...] rite no doubt shocks the sensibilities of many Westerners, who see them as unnecessary and barbaric. Then again, the slaughtered animals are cooked, sold, [...]

By: tim

tim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:01 +0000

How about the 46 Million Turkeys slaughtered for ThanksGiving and the mass slaughter of cattle and chickens slaughtered for burger joints????
That number is less than this festival

By: rainbow warrior

rainbow warrior — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:58:40 +0000

shame …. booooo ….. thumbs down for ALL religions!!!!!!

By: erin

erin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:28:14 +0000

I highly doubt GOD would want them sacrificing all these animals to him (or her as i like to to think of God

Once again I agree with whoever.. Organized religion has done nothing but cause wars. And these absolutely ridiculous rituals and barbaric sacrifices are just insane. Religion has NOTHING to do with a higher power. I don’t think God would like the whole idea of a church and collecting money etc…

Remember the old saying “People are finally turning away from the church and going back to God”

COEXIST. all together. no need to separate with ridiculous laughable religions.

I am spiritual, not religious.

Amen