Comments on: Victims of Success – or – The Rooted Gods http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/09/victims-of-success-or-rooted-gods.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Wild Hunt » Quick Note: Crafting the Gods http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/09/victims-of-success-or-rooted-gods.html/comment-page-1#comment-4574 The Wild Hunt » Quick Note: Crafting the Gods Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:22:30 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/09/victims-of-success-or-the-rooted-gods.html#comment-4574 [...] with the essence of the god or goddess in question. They must be fed with offerings and cared for, and once planted/rooted in a temple, never [...] [...] with the essence of the god or goddess in question. They must be fed with offerings and cared for, and once planted/rooted in a temple, never [...]

]]> By: Barbara http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/09/victims-of-success-or-rooted-gods.html/comment-page-1#comment-2181 Barbara Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:26:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/09/victims-of-success-or-the-rooted-gods.html#comment-2181 I've lived in neighborhoods near successful Christian (Catholic and Mormon) churches, and they do make efforts to remedy the situations, either by adding more churches in nearby neighborhoods or by scheduling people in different parts of the parishes or stakes to attend at different times or on different days. Or all of the above.<br/><br/>Someone with some imagination, religious authority, and the financial backing of faithful attendees should be able to do <em>something</em>, without necessitating moving these particular deity statues, to relieve the problem for neighboring non-Hindus. After all, it's not the non-Hindu residents in the neighborhood's problem, and shouldn't be allowed to be by those who use the temple. Remedying the problem is a matter of being good neighbors and has nothing to do with what particular religion one is. I’ve lived in neighborhoods near successful Christian (Catholic and Mormon) churches, and they do make efforts to remedy the situations, either by adding more churches in nearby neighborhoods or by scheduling people in different parts of the parishes or stakes to attend at different times or on different days. Or all of the above.

Someone with some imagination, religious authority, and the financial backing of faithful attendees should be able to do something, without necessitating moving these particular deity statues, to relieve the problem for neighboring non-Hindus. After all, it’s not the non-Hindu residents in the neighborhood’s problem, and shouldn’t be allowed to be by those who use the temple. Remedying the problem is a matter of being good neighbors and has nothing to do with what particular religion one is.

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