Dropping Baby Syndrome?

NEW DELHI — Rights activists lashed out Friday at local officials who allowed hundreds of infants to be dropped from the roof of a mosque in western India in the belief that the fall — which ends when the babies are caught in a bedsheet — would ensure good health and prosperity for their families.

The ritual at the Baba Umer Durga, a Muslim shrine, is believed to have been followed for nearly 700 years, and each year hundreds of people, both Hindus and Muslims, take part in the ritual.

Local officials told television news stations there had been no reports of injuries.

The infants, mostly under two years old, were dangled Thursday from the roof of the shrine near Sholapur, about 280 miles south of Mumbai, before being dropped about 50 feet onto a bedsheet held aloft by parents and other believers.

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This article is evidence why India is still considered a "Third World Country", and it also shows the difference between a "Civilized Society" and a "Chaotic Society". India has also allowed the "Muslim Extremists" to further corrupt their former "Hindu Nation".

We do everything we can to protect our children, and if you believe "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" just put her child in harm's way. When I read this article where parents deliberately encouraged their two year olds to "being dropped about 50 feet onto a bedsheet" for "good health and prosperity for their families" it is just beyond my comprehension.

Remember the outrage heard around the world when Michael Jackson dangled his infant son off the balcony in Berlin, Germany back in 2002? He was rightly condemned even after the incident when he stated: "I got caught up in the excitement of the moment. I would never intentionally endanger the lives of my children."

I remember going to an old fashion "Tent Revival" on Buckner Blvd back in the 60's. They showed a film about how in India they had millions of people starving to death, even when there were healthy cows running all around. They wouldn't even swat the flies that were covering their bodies, because they believed these animals could be reincarnated relatives. As a small child I thought they were primitive, and now as an adult I believe they have made very little progress.

By the way. . . .What "thread count" of bedsheet would you trust to catch your 25-35 pound toddler being tossed down 50 feet?

“And inasmuch as it is appointed for men TO DIE ONCE and after this comes judgment". . . . Hebrews 9:27

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