Comments on: Showing off the “Mad Skillz” a bit… Ganesh Cake!

By: sceptre1067

sceptre1067 — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:11:05 +0000

Actually my Hindu coworkers loved it and one even used it as her phone’s wallpaper for a while. None of them found any issues with the fact it was a cake, that we ate it, and even thought it was funny that my bday was the day before the major festival to Ganesh.

On the other hand… a Hindu coworker of a friend of mine did find it objectionable, but that person tends to have a more severe view point of the world.

So in the end… your mileage may vary…

By: Xopher

Xopher — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:43:23 +0000

Oh, I know, and we do theophagy in my religion too (though the bread is considered a god before it’s even harvested in that case). But not, apparently, in Hinduism. I’m not even saying *I* was offended by it, just that it would be offensive to (at least some) Hindus.

By: Xopher

Xopher — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:41:16 +0000

Good to know, but I wouldn’t blame you for having set ‘blasphemous’ as a Word Of Power (as we call them on another website). Lots of comments with that word in them would be offensive!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:39:18 +0000

Must have been your first comment here – it automatically holds in moderation for newbies

Nothing specific to your content or anything.

By: Xopher

Xopher — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:33:33 +0000

My other comment is in Moderation, and I’m not actually surprised that it is. But I did want to say that, despite the objections given there, that cake is truly beautiful. Amazingly so, in fact.

It just should be prayed to, not eaten, and on the right day allowed to dissolve in running water.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:33:33 +0000

I thought about that, however… I was raised Catholic. Partaking in ”The blood and body of Christ” was encouraged – on a weekly basis.

Anyone can find offense in anything. This particular incarnation of a Ganesh-ji brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people.

By: Xopher

Xopher — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:14:24 +0000

This is blasphemous in Hinduism, where an image of Ganesh-ji IS Ganesh-ji. I was yelled at by a Hindu woman for even considering making an edible Ganesh-ji. “He’s a god!” she exclaimed in outrage. “You don’t eat him!”

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