Misc

Akhoonds are parasites

What useful work akhoonds do to earn a living? Those who venerate akhoonds may say what useful work the clergy of other religions do? Well, they have a point. Who really needs clergy? Sure, maybe for marriage ceremonies, funerals and things like that. Yet, non-clergy can do all that just as well.

But marje taghlid? Haven't you heard this poem? khalgh ra taghlideshan bar baad daad; ay do sad lanat bar in taghlid baad.

Yeah, it is a travesty for anyone to blindly emulate or imitate any other person. We are humans, right? We suppose to use our own brains and hopefully make good decisions about all matters of our lives. What some akhoond shipisho knows about things that we need to take his word for it? No akhoond. No clergy of any stripes. No parasites.

Do Iranian people NEED...

another marja e taghlid?!! Kojaye kaaran BBC et al!

In other words ….

BBC is deciding who is going to replace Montazeri  (and like we need one anyways!), and  who is this guy in Paris (and like I want to know)?

Payam

You said it perfectly!  If human beings could tap into their individual brain powers, religion WILL become obsolete somewhere down the tracks in our evolutionary process.  After all, religions were invented by human beings so that we can cope with our fears (of death etc.), which ultimately, stem from lack of knowing.

Or in case of akhoonda, wouldn't it be

 "Adaab ra az ke amokhti, az bee adaban"

Mehrdad

Be your own marjae taghlid.

God didn't give you brains to be wasted, use your own brain and decide what is wrong and right.

Monkeys...

Isn't that usually monkeys imitate (Taghlid) and follow things in nature...monkey see, monkey do...

So is a Marja Taghlid a reference for monkeys to Taghlid and follow...?