Dedications

The millions who are being killed in the world, am I to believe and understand that they lacked faith?

Faith is an invisible product manufacturered and sold by religions. A product not tangible, but if something good happens, it is attributed to a faith and that too a faith in a God. If results dont happen, it is attributed to faith being weak or God has a better plan. Pure marketing and advertising. 

Advertising punch lines or metaphors that if you have faith of that of the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains. Just like cola advertising, where one drink gives you wings, another conquers fear?

Then the advertising which religion is better? So there are even Gods competing against each other and their marketing agencies of religious leaders who prove which God is better? Some or maybe all even go to levels to prove how the other religions or God is inferior? 

Finally is the consumer who gets nothing tangible to touch and feel, nothing besides a wafer to taste claiming it is the body of Christ and some sects in Christianity that give you drops of wine and claim it be the blood of Christ? Some religions give you sweets as religious and sacred offering of God? Some give you a piece of cloth? Some advise you what stone to wear? Some advise what to eat and what not? Some advise you on which day of the week you cannot eat meat, but can eat fish? Some worship a statue, some a wall, some a book, some prostrate like physical training exercises, some fast, some even have color for a religion?

Is this anyway to kill consumers of a competing God or a product of faith, that cannot be touched, felt, tasted, seen...

......but has to be believed and trusted and have faith? When in reality we need to build faith in humanity for which one does not need a religion or even a God. 

The Church has a day to get the Parishoners their dogs to Church, a tradition in commemoration and dedication to the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Now a religious cultural event which has caught up in Bombay city. Could it be dwindling number of the laity attending Church, to fill the pews with animals? 

What are we praying for? Long life of the animal, when we should be praying for the way we humans are behaving like animals. Even animals would not bow down to levels we humans stoop down to! At the same time there are so many videos on social media where animals surrogate animals of other species in giving care? When we humans are developing new weapons of destruction to kill each other? 

In UK after every mass the Parish Priest walks to the entrance of the Church with his vestments and greets parishioners as they leave. Many meet at the Church cafeteria where Parishoners can meet other Parishoners and interact over a cup of coffee and a snack. Then parishioners set up a flea market of items for sale. In Bombay after mass the laity disperse so fast, wondering where are they rushing to? After mass there are very few Parishoners who stay back and foster fellowship. 

Thank Francis of Assisi that he could atleast get parishioners together with the help of help of animals. With AI Arificial Intelligence, humans have become so artificial, that they need another form of AI Animal Interaction, so they can interact. May AI Almighty Intervention save the community to foster togetherness. Else we may end up only getting pets to pray and love. As love amongst humanity is anyways dying.