Originally posted by: ILoveShiVi
Oh, I get this
I have been so interested in this trying to read one religious text after another, shiva puraan being my next goal to conquer.
First, is how morally acceptable are the gods to begin with, were they completely correct all the time
like a certain god we all know and worship and his treatment of his wife and the agnee pariksha she had to go through to prove herself to be "pure" when even if she was "impure" to begin with it would be her fault in the first place.
So much love and thanks for bearing with me 🤗
seeking is good isn't it 😆 if I am not wrong lord Shiva is the only one who never took a human form. correct ? I have read shiv puran, don't want to discuss it.
But lord ram. Yes . It troubled me for a long time , the story which I admire , how can everyone be so flawed ? While looking for answers I found out that the original text never mentioned any pareeksha , infact the scene was played out worse than agni pareeksha . Anyways . We worship ram as god bec he had the qualities which a normal human can't even think of in today's times. Will any son leave the riches and go for vanwas for 14 yrs for his father's promise? As a king he did what he had to. Put the interests of his people above his family/wife . This is the kind of leader we would look upto, even today it's relevant . If we say " was he not a husband?" , yes he was but he was a king first . This story is 4-5 thousand years old , the societies of those times can't be compared to recent ones. Aren't recent ones worse than them? If any girl is kidnapped , whats the first thought that comes to anybodys mind ? The concept of purity and whatever is in our minds isn't it ? We may not give importance to it , a section of society did and we can't question it. Our scriptures don't show women in a very positive light . Pl don't kill me for saying this. Ur free to read them .
So our morals and theirs never match. He was in human form then why do we worship him as a God? His life is a living example of hardships , struggle and sacrifices , still he was maryada purshottam , somebody who always did what was the maryada in those times ...in his lifetime he had to take the most difficult decisions but none he took in his favour , he did what an ideal son and as the eldest son, the ideal king would do....if anyone has to face this much hardship in today's time will they even survive ? That's the reason he is god for us.
Sorry in advance, since this may not be the place to discuss all this ..no offence to anyone