Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Do Gods get angry?...Francis Gonsalves

DELHI CHIEF MINISTER Sheila Dikshit's comment: "Aisa lagta hai ki Indra devta humse kuch naraz hain" - meaning, "Indra seems unhappy with us" - absolving herself for not meeting the Commonwealth Games (CWG) deadline for completion of constructions was amusing.  And got me thinking.  There's a lot in Delhi for Indra devta to be naraz about, I mused.
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The Bible tells of a time long ago when God was naraz.  God "was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth" (Genesis 6:6).  The text adds: "It grieved God to his heart...   God saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth and that the thoughts of the human heart were only evil continually" (6:5).  God decided: "I will 

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