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What is the reason behind having blue color/skinned? Any1 know about this?
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Maybe showing dark/black skin is frowned upon and this an alternative.
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Isn’t dark/black represent to something negative 
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Blue is the colour of an early night...this is a way of saying that irrespective of your skin colour (which could be dark too) is still beautiful and pure. If god himself could be dark and still loved by so many, why should humans differentiate on the basis of skin colour?
All of Vishnu avatars are depicted as dark and charming.
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The intention is exactly to dispel this feeling - you mean to say anybody who has dark skin is evil or of a negative nature?
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Yes, I meant dark/black skin as evil or negative. Actually I have few questions in my mind like:
1- There is no physical shape of a god and that includes no color etc
2- If god liked himself in blue skinned/color then why he made his creatures in many different colors?
That questions really confusing me 
couldn’t find any perfect answer. 
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And to be honest, I find it equally confusing to talk to people for whom the word of god is just a book - like a fixed curriculum. Anyway, to each his own.
- You are correct that god has no physical shape and characteristics. But in my religion, we are taught that god is everywhere and in everything. And we are asked to love and respect everything that god has created…be it a mountain or a snake or an elephant or water or air…everything basically. We believe that humans have been created along with the rest of the creations on earth and we supposed to lead a symbiotic relationship with each other.
Now why do we give these physical shapes to god when there is no actual physical shape? This is just for the purpose of co-relation and nothing else. For example, why do you have to build mosques/temples/churches when you know that you can pray anywhere? Does god really live in only these places? Are we trying to put God in a prison by building these structures and say that god cannot be anywhere else apart from these physical manmade structures? You and I both know that neither of us have such an intention. Yet, we build these physical structures and the moment we see any of these structures in front of us, by default, we are reminded of god. And this is exactly the same reason as to why we give physical shapes to god…so that we are reminded of him every time we see those pictures. A temple might be a kilometer away for me but I want god at my place 24hrsX365 days…and a picture of him as per my visualization hangs in my house. And we have different pictures of him and call him by different names so that we are reminded of him constantly and in every situation.
Most of the gods and goddesses are depicted in human shapes because we too are of a human shape. We prefer to seek god between ourselves and everywhere. We believe he is with us and lives in every one of us. We do not want to see him as something unattainable or unreachable. We want to be mentally and physically close to god and so we see god as something in our own shape. But at the same time - this is not limited to just humanoid shapes. We worship monkeys, snakes, elephants, rats, lions, tigers everything. If you notice clearly, you will see that almost every god in Hinduism is associated with an animal. Lord Ganesha is associated with a rat, Lord Shiva is associated with a single snake, Lord Vishnu with a huge snake, Goddess Saraswati with a swan, Goddess Durga with a Tiger…and so on. These pictures teach us from childhood about the symbiotic relationship that we humans are expected to share with animals. Animals have as much right to exist on this earth as much I do and I am supposed to respect their right to live along with me.
- Now coming to your second question - God has made everything in different colors, not just the skin! Different colors of flowers, leaves, seasons, shapes, fragrances, tastes, sounds, and so on. In fact, no two leaves of the same plant are 100% same. From my religious point of view, god did not want to create anything that might get monotonous for the living creatures that he created. God wanted us to live among diversity and wanted us to belong in it. How much of interest would you have in living your life if you were given the same pair of clothes, the same food, and the same entertainment every day? God wanted us to be at ease on earth and not at dis-ease.
We see life more of a philosophy, something that is constantly changing and constantly challenging. As a creature of god, I should thank and prove to god that I am making the best use of my brain that he has bestowed upon me. You must have noticed that Lord Shiva might be depicted in different forms by different artists and nobody gets killed for doing that. Now, every time I see any of Lord Shiva’s pictures irrespective of the artist who has created it - I am reminded of god and his power of creation and destruction. Do I treat the physical picture as god? No, that picture only makes me remember and realize god. But does that mean that I will disrespect or not care at all for that picture? No, because the picture reminded me of a good and pleasant experience called god. Now why should I disrespect anything that has given me pleasant memories?
The next time you make garam masala, don’t add elaichi in it and see if you still appreciate the flavor of that masala. You might continue to eat that masala but you will for sure miss the flavor of elaichi in it. The LOVELY flavor of garam masala is because of the different flavor of each of the spices in it. So you see, being different is not bad – it is the reason for variety
I don’t know how much of sense does all this make to you…yet I had to put down whatever came to my mind.
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It was nice to read your detailed answer and u explained very well :k: but for a person like me who have zero knowledge will definitely going to ask more questions and you are free either to answer those questions or just leave it no worries 
So we both agreed that the ‘god’ has no physical shape and characteristics 
. And I agree with you here that we were asked to love and respect everything that god has created whatever that be, and take all these as signs from god not as god, everywhere … either be it a mountain or a snake or an elephant or water or air…everything basically reminds us that it is the sign from a god but not god him/herself, and either we directly or indirectly, in our consciousness or in our unconsciousness, somehow, somewhere, co-related with each & everything. If ‘yes’, then why there is need for a physical shape and characteristic?
When I think the gods and goddesses can depict in human shapes than the first thing, which pop-up in my mind that is ‘Gene of Aladdin’, and I found that Gene is nothing more than a demon itself who first tell u that I’ll do this and that for you and in return you have to do this and that for me.
After reading your post I’m back again at point ZERO i.e., god has no physical shape and characteristics then why we were taught since our childhood to believe everything is god?
If gods and goddesses exist then how we differentiate things like for example: How we know that which god or goddess created ‘garam masala’ and which created ‘elaichi’.
After reading you post, I lost in so many questions :rotato: Little help plz
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Kiya thinking 
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boht neend aai hai qasam se
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boht neend aai hai qasam se
So jao AC chale ke. Dimaag bohot garam hogaya hoga yeh sab parh ke :D
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Over the weekend 
Aaj had a little free time at work and your question was but obviously lovely, so I had to answer. Abhi ghar jaa’ing. Talk to you later!
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AC ki waja se to neend aa rahi hai
abhi jaagne ke baad padh ke dekhoonga, this technical stuff :halo:
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to is thread mein yeh soch rahy ke k buhat neend a rahi hy. Hai Shabashi!
Am waiting 
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