Religious article quite offensive

THE EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your newspaper to say a few words on behalf of myself. This letter is in reference to the disgraced article published in Newsday February 27, 2004, written by Kevin Baldeosingh. Mr Baldeosingh wrote an “interview” he did with Allah, Bhagawan and Yaweh. As a reader and a person who writes articles myself I find it very disturbing to read such things in a newspaper. Some people including Mr Baldeosingh probably took it as a joke, but I didn’t.

Of all his twenty questions these were the ones that were most upsetting:
Your Secret Fear?
Bhagawan: That I might incarnate as Hanuman and get stuck.
Allah: Sexual attraction between men and women. It leads to disobedience. That’s why I keep the woman covered and make the men bow before me.
Yaweh: That one of those damned scientists might do a statistical study on how many prayers actually get answered.
Your Most Embarrassing Moment?
Bhagawan: When I forgot to materialise a gold watch for Sai Baba and he was caught on video tape palming it.
Allah: When the Prophet Muhammad made a nine-year-old-girl his fourth wife. Luckily, my followers are very good at rationalisation and very bad at rationality.
Yaweh: When Darwin published Origin of Species. Made a liar of me and all my loudest spokesmen, who still continue lying to this day.
Your Happiest Moment?
Bhagawan: When I created ghee.
Allah: I’m happy every time there are large explosions that kill infidels.
Yaweh: When my son was conceived. Forget that propaganda about virgin birth.
The Part of Your Body
 You Like Most?
Bhagawan: I have so many bodies, it’s hard to choose.
Allah: My torso — it’s so convenient for strapping on explosives.
Yaweh: Jesus — Although the Holy Ghost is cool, too, especially for making people talk in tongues.
The Body Part You Would Change
 If Given The Chance?
Bhagawan: Those extra arms as Mother Lashmi — that’s just weird.
Allah: The Clitoris. Luckily, quite a few of my followers take care of that.
Yaweh: The brain. It stops people worshipping Me, which is why I have so many verses against it in My book.
On A Second Chance, What
Would Be Your Dream profession?
Bhagawan: A master of disguise
Allah: I wouldn’t mind being a nuclear bomb in a major American city
Yaweh: Tax collector.
The Thing Most People Do Not Know About You?
Bhagawan: I was incarnated as Bunji Garlin.
Allah: I love Liberace.
Yaweh: You know about the seventh day? Well, actually I’m still resting.
Your Favourite Food?
Bhagawan: Poverty — it increases devotion to me
Allah: men’s flesh, preferably roasted in dynamite.
Yaweh: Lamb, of course.
Your Irresistible Temptation?
Bhagawan: Cow’s milk offered to my murtis.
Allah: Men bowing before me.
Yaweh: Cash, but I don’t refuse cheques.

This is just to let the readers know some of the things Mr Baldeosingh wrote. I think that Mr Baldeosingh is a discourteous person with some kind of deficiency to the brain. In my opinion, Mr Baldeosingh seems to be a man who does not believe in God, neither does he believe in praying. And Mr Baldeosingh, if what I have written is hurting you, you should consider thinking clearly next time you write.

DEVIKA N SOOKNANAN
San Fernando