Guru convinced 400 men to castrate themselves to be closer to God

[AtheistCrusader]

"‘Guru of Bling’ collects testicles for God: An Indian spiritual leader is accused of convincing up to 400 followers to remove their testicles, claiming that by doing so the men would be able to speak directly to God.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, known as “The Guru in Bling,” is accused of coercing hundreds of followers to undergo the procedure at a hospital run by his spiritual organization.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly obtained statements from victims, saying the castrations took place at a hospital run by Ram Rahim’s organization.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports officers from India’s elite Central Bureau of Investigation appear to have made a crucial breakthrough in the long-running investigation into the alleged mass castrations, last week gathering important testimony from victims and other witnesses as they prepare charges of grievous bodily harm against Ram Rahim."

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/02/guru-convinced-400-men-to-castrate-themselves-to-be-closer-to-god/

I don't even know what to say anymore.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. After I saw this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1103&pid=10226

I found out that there IS a market for human testicles. They are ground up and sold as sexual stimulants.

[AtheistCrusader]

3. Oh shit, that one's gotta be rough to explain to the wife.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I am reminded of an Amy Schumer routine where she talks...

about bedroom surprises.

As expected, she talks of the first time she saw an uncircumcised one but, she was really taken aback when she was groping around down there and the guy had no balls. None.

I don't remember if she found out where they went.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Nuts to that!

[dballance]

5. Well good.

That means there are 400 fewer idiots to pro-create.

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Common enough religious practice. I'm surprised the Defenders of the Faith

haven't shown up to admonish the Bad Mockers.

Christians ought to rejoice:

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake.


What's the problem?

[Romeo.lima333]

7. their body their choice

What's the problem?

[trotsky]

8. Well...

“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.” ― Carl Sagan