as if God is unable...

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> >"And actually, God is feeding us. You will find in Africa,

> >there are millions of elephants. Who is giving them food?

> >In your home, within the hole, you will find millions of

> >ants. Are you giving them food? Who is giving them food?" ...

>

> A typical misuse of Prabhupada's quote. Let's see the context of

> Prabhupada's statements on this topic and see if it justifies not feeding

> other's because God is doing it:

 

Dear Ram Lakshman prabhu.

Pamho. AgtSP.

 

Can you please explain why would the upper quote be misuse of Prabhupada's

quote? Is it useless, or is it used improperly?

 

I thought this quote could be useful to others, so it is not useless. And I

didn't use it with any intention other that presenting Prabhupada's quote,

so it is not used improperly. How do we decide when quote is properly used

and when misused?

 

If you would hear this quote on Prabhupada's lecture, would you also

consider it being misused? Or is it misused, just because it was pasted by

another, and therefore there must be some evil intention behind it?

 

Any quote can be re-interpreted, therefore every quote can be presented as

misused. How do we understand, when quote is misused?

 

Can we speak of misuse of quotes, when motives of quotator are unknown? I

can understand misuse of quotes, when somebody wants to hurt another on

purpose. That is misuse. But when motive is not to hurt another, can we

speak of misuse. Or is it actually misunderstanding of properly used quote?

 

I beleive that in association of devotees, when we do not intend to hurt

another, perceived misused quotes are actually misunderstood properly used

quotes. Devotees do not want to hurt anybody, what to speak of hurting other

devotees. But we get misunderstood, becouse it is easier to conclude about

others motives, than asking another person about his motive and his

explanation.

 

But I may be off. So, please, how do you know, when quote is misused?

 

ys gnd

 

>

> "If you find out a small hole, you will find millions of ants coming.

> They are also living entities. And who is arranging for their food? You

> are not very much busy to... Although it is your duty. That is also

> Bhagavata communism. Bhagavata communism says that even if you have got a

> lizard in your room, you must give him something to eat. If you have got

> a serpent in your room, you must give it something to eat. Nobody in your

> house should starve. You see? This is Bhagavata communism, not that

> "Only my brother and sister will not starve, and other animals should be

> killed." This is not communism. Here is communism. This is Krsna

> consciousness communism, that a Krsna conscious person is thinking even

> for the ant, even for the lizard, even for the serpent. That is real

> communism."

>

> Even though God is feeding everyone including the ants, still "it is your

> duty".