Is Aamir Khan an Avatar of Krishna?
Abuse of Sonogram is a big story
in India. In its first show, called Satyamev Jayate (truth ultimately triumphs),
in May this year, it featured female feticide. The show has turned India upside
down and new laws are being passed to prevent the abuse. A salesman sells the sonogram machine to the
Doctors as an investment that will return their capital in six months, and
unchecked income continues after that by performing abortions - not male babies
but female babies. Guardian reports 6 million girl abortions in the last
decade in India, reconfirmed by ABC news i.e., aborting 50,000 female babies a
month.
In the sting operation, one
doctor asks; if the baby does not die thru aborticides, what should be done,
the other says, throw it in the river when it comes out. Yes, it is disgusting
and heart wrenching to watch. This, one particular evil has led to
disproportionate ratio of men and women to a point of sharing the wife with
brothers and friends or selling one’s wife to the highest bidder.
The good news is that the
prophecy of Krishna is relevant, in Bhagvad Gita IV-7 Krishna narrates to Arjuna: “Whenever Dharma, or the
situation of law and order, is endangered on this world, I incarnate onto this
world to re establish Dharma, law and order, and to protect good and destroy
the evil elements of the society.” The movie actor Aamir Khan is indeed an incarnation
of Krishna in mitigating the evil of female feticide, dowry, child abuse, and
other evils of the Indian society.
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How much information
is enough? The New York Times reported last week that researchers
have discovered that
performing simple tests on parents can lead to an understanding of almost the
entire genome of a fetus. By taking a blood sample from a pregnant woman and a
saliva specimen from the father, experts can let parents know virtually all the
DNA of a child before it is born.
As the Times reported,
thousands of genetic diseases could be detected. In the not-so-distant future,
parents could pay an affordable price to get that information, too.
But this breakthrough
also raises complicated ethical issues. On the one hand, parents could be more
ready for the challenges that await them. Yet will this lead to more abortions,
including of children whose parents don't like the DNA profile?
Undoubtedly, we all
like information. But you could argue the creation story in Genesis shows the
risks that come in acquiring knowledge.
Is this one of those
instances? Is this discovery taking medical knowledge too far?
MIKE GHOUSE,
President, Foundation for Pluralism, Dallas
We have come a long
way in accepting things we would not have accepted each previous decade or a
century. Whether it is ethics, morality, civility, religion, science or medical
knowledge, we have accepted the new information despite the initial resistance.
There was a time, when saving a life was considered evil, it was considered against the will of God, and we battle that even today. In 2010, 70 children died in Zimbabwe, because of the religious opposition to vaccination. The religious tolerance organization reports that an average of one sick child a month dies in the United States from denied medical attention.
There was a time, when saving a life was considered evil, it was considered against the will of God, and we battle that even today. In 2010, 70 children died in Zimbabwe, because of the religious opposition to vaccination. The religious tolerance organization reports that an average of one sick child a month dies in the United States from denied medical attention.
Discovering medical
knowledge is not going too far. It is indeed beneficent in living a better
life. The problem is not with the knowledge; but with the abuse of it, which
will always be there as a part of the whole. We should not resist new research
for the fear of its abuse. Let the benefits to society at large determine our
research and not the abuse.
We might consider a requirement of ethical dimension and abuse prevention in the research proposals before they are submitted and funded.
We might consider a requirement of ethical dimension and abuse prevention in the research proposals before they are submitted and funded.
Nuclear power in the
right hands is a blessing, but a hell in the hands of evil men. Religion in the
right hearts is a mercy to mankind, but a hell for others in the wrong hands.
Evil men are not a separate group; they are among us, within each one of the
faiths, races, and nationalities. As a society, we have to prevent abuse, but
must welcome research.
Abuse of sonograms is
a big story in India. The Guardian reports 6 million girl abortions in the last
decade in India, reconfirmed by ABC news i.e., aborting 50,000 female babies a
month. The good news is there is a strong movement to stop this and laws are
being passed.
Unless we discuss the ethics of what parents can or cannot do with the knowledge of a DNA child before it is born, we will never be able to deal with it. With the new knowledge of a difficult DNA child, we will also develop techniques in re-aligning a few, if not all of the defects. We must not withhold the good from those who benefit from the DNA research.
A Doctor friend of mine is teaching stem cell research in Australian and European Universities, and sees the value of the research in terms of improved quality of life for many, in the United States we are still struggling with it. I'd rather struggle and place things in order before we embark on it. It is the American way; infrastructure first.
We have dealt with Dr. Kevorkian, Terry Schiavo and many other ethical issues and we will continue to do with resistance. We are indeed better off today, living a little better and little longer due to the research in medicine.
Other pieces on Aamir Khan:
Aamir Khan is God sent http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2012/05/aamir-khan-is-god-sent.html
Aamir Khan, the new Social Hero of India
http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2012/05/aamir-khan-new-social-hero-of-india.html
CRITICAL ADD ONS:
WAS
Khursheed,
Shirk/
Incarnation
My apologies for lack of clarity in my
piece about Aamir Khan. Each one of us has an obligation to resist the
temptation to judge a statement or a person, I should have clarified
more.
Personally, I don't believe in
reincarnation, we are here once as person in flesh and are gone forever.
However, on this topic; using the civil language of Sura Kafirun, I must add
that, "Muslims don’t believe in what Hindus believe, and Hindus don’t believe in
what Muslims believe" when it comes to life after this life, and we don't have.
To you is your religion and to me is my religion. Kindly note, God did not
condemn the other religion, not one word, he taught us how to be civil in
putting the other religion and our religion on Par. Read the Sura again.
As a person committed to seeing the
essence of each religion, I see the reincarnation (Hindu) and Life after death
(Muslim) as a common value to mould one’s behavior. One does not want be born
again less than human, and the other does not want a painful here after and
prefers azab-less life. In both instances, reincarnation or life after death,
serve the same purpose; behavior modification, to avoid a difficult continuum
after this life.
When I wrote, “The movie actor Aamir Khan
is indeed an incarnation of Krishna,” and then wrote, “in mitigating the evil of
female feticide, dowry, child abuse, and other evils of the Indian society.” The
word incarnation was used in its broadest meaning - playing the role of. It is
like saying, “my Grand Son talks just like my father” or “Amitabh Bachchan
gestures look like like Dilip Kumar’s” or Dev Anand appeared at times like
Gregory Peck… The role Aamir Khan is playing fits the ideal role that Krishna
played - in removing the evil.
I hope this gives some clarification. I
am a strong believer in oneness of creator, creation and humanity.
Jazak Allah
Khair
Mike Ghouse
In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:15:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
k....k@yahoo.com writes:
It just clicked by seeing the headline "Is Aamir Khan an Avatar of Krishna", how the Ghlue of Love leads to "Kufr" when even a believer looses his balance and starts believing in Incarnation and ultimately "Shirk".I have lots of love and appreciation for people like you but am afraid if such statements will bring doubts in my thinking.Regards,K
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