Monkey god

[Dimples]

Posted June 29, 2008 9:00 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shows good luck charms that he carries in his pocket during his talk with women during a discussion at the Flying Star Cafe facility in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, June 23, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


by Laurie Goering

NEW DELHI -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, already running ahead of his Republican rival John McCain in international popularity, has won a host of new fans in India since a photo published earlier this month revealed that he carries a tiny brass monkey king among his handful of good-luck charms.

In India the charm is presumed to be an image of Hanuman, Hinduism's popular monkey god. So on Tuesday, a delighted Brij Mohan Bhama, a politician associated with India's ruling party and a devotee of Hanuman, decided to boost Obama's mojo (and chances in November) by presenting the Illinois senator with a 2-foot-high gold-plated Hanuman idol, blessed by a dozen Hindu priests in a special prayer service.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/po...rms_india.html

[Timmy]

Oh, now ya tell me. I've already voted!

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Oh, now ya tell me. I've already voted!

[Ron]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Oh, now ya tell me. I've already voted!

[rgcraig]

Well, I'd think it'd be hard to be a Christian and carry around a monkey god!

[OnTheFritz]

When you get to heaven, will you see only one monkey or three? That's the big question.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Well, I'd think it'd be hard to be a Christian and carry around a monkey god!

Some of us carry around several gods.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 1 John 5:20-21

20 And we [have seen and] know [positively] that the Son of God has [actually] come to this world and has given us understanding and insight [progressively] to perceive (recognize) and come to know better and more clearly Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true--in His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah). This [Man] is the true God and Life eternal.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods)--[from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be). 1 John 5:20-21 Amplified