{"id":37337,"date":"2014-11-19T19:49:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indiavision.com\/social-lifestyle\/news-videos\/are-superstitions-and-blind-faith-leading-to-the-rise-of-godmen-in-the-country\/37337\/"},"modified":"2014-11-19T19:49:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T14:19:20","slug":"are-superstitions-and-blind-faith-leading-to-the-rise-of-godmen-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indiavision.com\/social-lifestyle\/news-videos\/are-superstitions-and-blind-faith-leading-to-the-rise-of-godmen-in-the-country\/37337\/","title":{"rendered":"Are superstitions and blind faith leading to the rise of &#8216;godmen&#8217; in the country?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News Point: Ravish Kumar presents an analysis of how superstitious thinking and blind faith is leading to several &#8216;godmen&#8217; gaining <!--more--> immense wealth and power to be able to go as far as defying court orders. We speak to religious preachers from Bengaluru who explain to us how to distinguish between religious faith and blind faith and present their advices on how people should refrain from believing in superstitions. 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