Baffled religious leaders in India have been swamped by a bizarre new transvestite cult for men to live as a Hindu love god.
Thousands of devotees are now dressing up as Radha – the goddess lover of Krishna – like retired railwayman V K Saxena, 72.
“I can’t put it into words properly but I feel more holy dressed as a woman,” said Saxena of New Delhi. “The Lord told me he wanted me as his bride.”
But the cult has astonished traditional religious leaders.
Senior priest Mohammad Ahangar said: “There are many ways to be closer to the Lord without trying to be his girlfriend.”
As I told my former friend R.S. when he crossed the line “You are cut off of tech support… your life as you know with the transvestites and shemales online is over”
Guess R.S. had to travel directly to India
Hope that he has a good flight and hotel lodgings
A serious discussion about imaginary supernatural beings. (sigh)
I’m concerned either God is making strange calls lately or these may be prank calls.
>> AdmFubar said, on August 18th, 2009 at 7:46 am
>> oddly east indian culture is somewhat repressed about sex, this could be their start of a sexual revolution there.. as frighteningly as it ma appear.
Having lived in South Asia for a long time, I would call sexuality paradoxical rather than repressed.
We Christians have similar issues. If you walk around the churches of Italy, for example, you see total shameless nudity on the walls. Yet, you’ll hear something different from the pulpit.
>> Improbus said, on August 18th, 2009 at 9:10 am
>> A serious discussion about imaginary supernatural beings. (sigh)
Your cluelessness doesn’t make it imaginary. (double sigh)
Wait! A Hindu priest (excuse me, senior priest) called Mohammmad? Would be be able to commit suicide before someone kills him first?
>> bobbo, god is a function of what you believe said, on August 18th, 2009 at 7:09 am
>> #12–Greg==thats why there are saints. When god doesn’t fill the job, we make up our own substitutes–all while not committing idolatry or worshiping false gods.
You make a good point. My own church tradition doesn’t have saints so I kind of forgot about that.
The Catholic saints are more like a menu than a “create your own” kind of deity, wouldn’t you say?
However, a figure such as “Our Lady of Guadalupe” seems like a way for indigenous Mexicans to localize Catholicism.
>> slyfox said, on August 18th, 2009 at 9:47 am
>> Wait! A Hindu priest (excuse me, senior priest) called Mohammmad? Wo
Good observation there, slyfox! I totally missed that.
Likely he is a convert from Islam to Hunduism. That could get you killed in Muslim countries but I think conversion is still legal in India, despite what the RSS might want.
However, it still might get you killed by fanatics anywhere.
I don’t get it. Where’s the “story” here?
The cross-dressing? The feeling that one has been “called” by a “higher power?”
Have you looked at your run of the mill Pope, lately?
Or is it the bright makeup and many bracelets?
This is merely change caused by something they believing in.
As for God? Maybe she’s a lesbian. Certainly she is bi.
Didn’t I see an episode about this on National Geographic channel recently? I think is was NG, and I can’t remember what program it was. But it was very interesting.
Might have been The Travel Channel. Or A&E. Or something like that.
Did anyone else catch it?
With some help from PhotoShop, check out the John Dvorak Krishna goddess.
Looks like a san francisco board of supervisor member…
#31. Awesome!
I’m sure somewhere on the temples of Khajuraho are images of guys just like these guys.
http://tinyurl.com/qbozdc
Senior priest Mohammad Ahangar said: “There are many ways to be closer to the Lord without trying to be his girlfriend.”
Tell that to the nuns of the world Mohammad.
#34–Scott==that shows a religion I could get behind.
Funny how language comes in and out of fashion. The wheel rolls. Today, we speak of “woodies” but some day soon, we may return to speaking of “stoners.”
——but we certainly aren’t animals.
and this is different from the women in this country who claim they are MARRIED to Jesus?
At least these guys are more colorful…
(Man, talk about spreading acronyms! I’m almost afraid to order a BLT sandwich any more!) What puzzles me about this is why the sudden increase? Is it just people saying “Why didn’t I think of that?” or is it something in the water?
#35 – bobbo,
Me too. I think we need to redefine the word sexist to simply mean one who believes in sex or possibly one who worships the idea sex.
Already, I’m sure there are a great many who pray for sex, so this shouldn’t be a huge stretch.
The great thing about human sexuality, there’s no limit to how wierd it can get.