Question about Avatars

[George-ananda]

I believe that avatars are literal. It again and again reminds me how many zillions of years our earth has been around, (how many kalpas) and of the many wonders that have happened very long time ago that no more happens now, though we are provided with the facilities of the electronic age.

Blessed you are, to think of the holy Matsyavatara on the eve of Sri Janmashtami. (for our sect today is the eve of).

Do you agree with modern scientific thinking that the earth is about 5 billion years old and modern humans have been around for maybe only 100,000 years?

 

[George-ananda]

Yes, I take them to be literal. This Kali Yuga is the least mystical of the yugas, so many more miraculous things have happened in the yugas past. Yogis with mystical Siddhis, men and women who have fully memorized scripture, incredibly long life spans, powerful mantras that have massive effects in this material world. And God is God, if he wanted to, he could incarnate Himself as anything, even a banana. So Him incarnating as a fish is something God is capable of and something that would have been appropriate at the time.

Back in the past yugas, technology wasn't needed, the Vedas weren't written down because of incredible memory, we supposedly lived longer. The more we evolve in technological terms really just shows how much we have fallen as beings, we need computers because of our memories not being too good, we need technologies to help keep us alive, and etc etc.

Do you agree with modern scientific thinking that the earth is about 5 billion years old and modern humans have been around for maybe only 100,000 years?

 

[Vinayaka]

namaskaram vinayaka ji :namaste

it is not so much right and wrong as it is our way of describing things ,

So true. Fortunately for the rest of us, the few who do see things as either right or wrong are few and far between. Most Hindus see things in shades of grey, I think.

 

[ShivaFan]

Namaste

Oddly, I see everything in shades of GREEN!

Om Namah Sivaya

 

[Vinayaka]

Namaste

Oddly, I see everything in shades of GREEN!

Om Namah Sivaya

Green is good. Just not black and white. This country just isn't green enough for me for 3 months. There is only spruce green, fir green, and cedar green. OTOH, California is too brown in spots.

 

[Poeticus]

I'm colorblind. Help me out.