Everything’s a Hogwash – Just a Marketing Stunt to Fool People? Is It?
There’s a growing argument I often hear: that religion, Gods, and ancient epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata are just illusions—stories created by learned scholars to control the masses. According to this view, these texts were written by authors like Valmiki and Ved Vyas, and then cleverly marketed by rulers and ministers to keep people in line with fear of punishment, sin, and hell. The supposedly naive people, it’s claimed, accepted these stories without question, and began worshipping fictional characters that were nothing more than the imaginative creations of wise men.
Take Valmiki and Ved Vyas, for example. Some argue that they merely invented characters for their epics, and the common people—being dull or gullible—were tricked into treating them as real Gods. And thus, the idea of God was marketed to the masses, reinforced by ancient marketing professionals who were apparently far more skilled than those of today. I mean, if we still believe in these ‘fictional’ characters after thousands of years, then their marketing strategies must have been truly next level, right?
In today’s world, with all our technology—satellites, the internet, global communication—many people still worship these ancient characters. How is it that we, despite our modern education and knowledge, continue to honor what some call ‘fictional’ Gods?
Does that mean that 9000 years from now, people might worship Superman, Spiderman, or even the Powerpuff Girls? Will characters from today’s popular films and comics become tomorrow’s deities? After all, if something is repeatedly shown to the common people, they might begin to believe it as reality. With all our media—TV, movies, the internet, advertisements—it wouldn’t be too hard for modern marketers to create a whole new pantheon of Gods for future generations to worship, right?
So, why do we still cling to ancient Gods like Shri Rama and Shri Krishna, who supposedly existed 6,000 to 9,000 years ago (according to the epics)? And what about other great figures like Markandeya or the Saptarishis? Are we simply wasting our time by admiring and respecting these names from the past? Should we believe that throughout human history, these stories have been just convenient tools to keep the common people in check, while the wealthy and powerful live their extravagant, carefree lives?
Conclusion:
It seems that people worship God and adhere to moral values until they become rich. Once wealth arrives, morality often takes a back seat, as the allure of a lavish lifestyle begins to dominate, much like the lifestyles we see in the celebrity world.
Disclaimer: Not all rich and affluent people fall into this category, but unfortunately, many do.-
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Everything’s a Hogwash – Just a marketing & ‘duping people’ stunt. Is it?
Often I hear people talk about things – especially about Gods and religion – saying that everything is just an illusion – nothing ever happened – all stories like Ramayana and the Mahabharata – were written by learned scholars/ authors and then it was marketed by the rulers & ministers to keep their subjects under some kind of threat & fear of punishment for sinning & wrongdoings – leading them to hell etc. So the naive subjects accepted all that was told to them – all supposedly fictional stories (according to intelligent atheists) and they started to worship fictional characters that were basically figments of imagination of wise and learned men.
For example, Valmiki (author of Ramayana) and Ved Vyas (author of Mahabharata) thought of some fictional characters and wrote the epics – which was then marketed to dull commoners – who in turn started to worship them as Gods. Wow! What an idea sirjis (and madamjis too – for giving birth to sirjis with exceptionally outstanding intelligence!)
Therefore we are to understand that Valmiki and Ved Vyas were intelligent authors who knew the art of duping people well – without letting them understand that they were actually being duped – and then super sharp marketing professionals were hired to market the idea of God and sell concepts of divinity and hell! The marketing strategies that existed some 9000 years ago was much more advanced that what we have today…wouldn’t you agree? With so many technological advancements in this world – Internet connection and satellites…still people are worshipping the fictional characters written by learned scholars!Strange – we, the people are so very dull…in spite of so much education and collection of information….we not only believe but also worship those fictional characters!
Does it mean that 9000 years later, we will be worshipping fictional characters of sought after & popular Film Directors/ writers? Will we worship Superman and Spiderman, Mandrake or Power Puff girls? Maybe Jay and Veeru Devta and Devi Basanti? Because if super intelligent atheists think that if something constantly hits the dull brains of commoners, they tend to think of it as a reality! So with TV, Films, Advts.,internet, mms, sms and chat media – the marketing professionals (definitely more empowered than what we had in last so many centuries) should be able to successfully launch a brand new set of Gods for the dull commoners….what say you huh? So why are we still sticking to the same old Gods like Shri Rama and Shri Krishna who existed (in epics only) some 6k to 9k years ago?!
And mind you – I have just stated 2 names in this article – there are several other learned scholars and die hard devotees of the same non existent God like Markandya, Saptarishis…list is unending if I start!! So what do the super intelligent atheists have to say about them and of our respect and admiration for them? That we are just wasting out time collecting garbage throughout eons of human existence – because majority of the common mass is living hand to mouth and need to be given some mumbo-jumbo to keep under control!? And those who are in power and position and have lots of money are living life king size – boozing, womanising & dying!
Conclusion:
Commoner worship Gods and adhere to moral values till the time they are poor.
The moment they start having money, they gradually begin to give up morality and later even loath moral values…because it made them miss out on the lovely rich lifestyle …like that of Page3 people!
Disclaimer: No, I am not suggesting that ALL rich and affluent people are dumb and wasteful boozers and womanizers..but unfortunately, there are MANY like this…many in number!