<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chaturanga]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jaideepprabhu.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jaideep A. Prabhu]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jaideepprabhu.org/author/jprabhu/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Mergers of the&nbsp;Soul]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>Religious Merger Creates One Billion Hinjews</strong></p>
<p><em>Attainment of Nirvana Still Goal, But Not So Important That You Should Miss Cousin Vijay&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah</em></p>
<p>Hinjew leaders today conceded the merger of Hinduism and Judaism has not worked out as planned, as instead of forming a super-religion to fight off the common Islamic enemy, they have instead created a race of 900 million people who, no matter how many times they are reincarnated, can never please their mothers. &#8220;On paper, this was a textbook alliance — two smaller competitors join forces to take on a larger adversary,&#8221; said New Delhi resident Chandra Gopan. &#8220;But the synergies are just not there. For instance, I still believe I must pursue my own dharmic path to ultimate happiness, but when I get there, I just know my mother will find something wrong with it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Military officers, in particular, have found assimilation difficult. &#8220;We were all excited at first, especially about the Kama Sutra parts, but it&#8217;s not going to work,&#8221; Israeli Col. Benyamin Telluk said at a joint press conference with Indian officers. &#8220;I mean, just this morning, I was showing Col. Bhadrak here pictures of my family, and he said my wife was a cow.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I said his wife reminds me of a cow,&#8221; Bhadrak explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh, you&#8217;ve said it again!&#8221; screamed Telluk.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a compliment!&#8221; answered Bhadrak.</p>
<p>Hinjews across the world, meanwhile, said they also were too busy dealing with integration to worry about Pakistanis, Palestinians, or any other opponents.</p>
<p>&#8220;Surprisingly, it&#8217;s not the big issues, like is there one God or are there many? It&#8217;s the little things,&#8221; said New York City Hinjew Nathan Feldman. &#8220;Like my Hindu half acknowledges that this world is full of suffering, but my Jewish half just goes on and on about it.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, most agreed that even if other issues could be overcome, maternal obstacles to Hinjuism would always exist.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yesterday, my former self was killed in a car accident,&#8221; said the late Gori Bhupendra of Madras. &#8220;But I had good karma, so I was reincarnated this morning into the Vaisya caste. To me, this is a step up, right?&#8221;</p>
<p>But then Bhupendra&#8217;s former Sudras mother tracked him down. &#8220;She says, &#8216;Oh, Vaisya now, is it? Very nice. Of course, your former brother is a Ksatriya, but he was always an overachiever.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Muslim nations, citing the difficult Hinjew merger, said they have discontinued talks with the world&#8217;s largest religion to form Chrislam.</p>
<p>&#8220;It wouldn&#8217;t have worked anyway,&#8221; said Imam Satra Mohammed of Damascus. &#8220;The first time we drank the communion wine, we would have all had to kill ourselves.&#8221;</p>
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<p><em>I saw this piece some seven or eight years ago and had saved it on my old laptop. Sadly, I am not aware from whence this gem came. If you are the author, please let me know and I will put up the proper credits.</em></p>
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