I would rather consider myself confused than believing in something or anything blindly and take sides for it.
Let me be genuine.. There is no grudge here towards the terminology 'religion'. So what are we discussing here??
What should be the purpose of Religion and its divisions, if any??
Is the main purpose of any religion peaceful co existence of us, 'Humans' ? Is that purpose fullfilled? If not then why is there violence in it's name? when there is violence and discrimination, then that divine purpose is failed as well.
Religion is now the trumpcard for the powerful corporates to bend rules and manipulate people (using media) into doing whatever they want them to do. People, including me are blindly willingly to follow anything in the name of religion or an ideology. Religion is like fire, because if you dont handle it with care, it could burn down things literally.
Dont you think religion has gone too far from where it is supposed to be. Most religious fights happen in the name of freedom of religion. What we actually require is freedom of speech, not freedom of religion and that freedom should be respected between either parties regardless of their faith. If anyone is put on harms way in the name of any religion, then I would say "to hell with that religion and its ideologies".
No one has the right to impose his or her religious views on another person. 90% of the people like to argue about the greatness of his religion. Why cant they just respect the other person's religion as well instead of trying hard to convince him/her that he/she is blind and his/her god doesnt exist. I totally respect their beliefs and would love to learn more about their religions but they have to respect my beliefs as well. Most people are so serious about this kind of matter and sensitive too.
As I told, I do believe in God, but the only problem is which one to believe in. Being brought up as a Hindu, we are polytheists. Even if there was only one God for Hindus, did that god only created the Hindus???
I mean the people on other parts of the world!!! Are they created by another God? Like Christians by Yehowah and Muslims by Allah and so on...Are we that naive to buy that.. if there is a god there is only one ... that God could be our inner selves, inner beauty, the sun which keeps earth alive, the earth itself, all kinds of energies or maybe a superior alien race.... who knows !
If ever, I were to choose a religion, I would pick Gandhi as a religion and my holy book shall be his autobiography.
The rules shall be simple. Behold Truth & practice Ahimsa. You wouldn't require to visit churches or temples or mosques regularly and make prayers. You just need to live a non-violent, honest life, respect others culture and beliefs, help eachother etc. There wont be any idiotic debates between religious leaders, on whose belief or religion is the path to ultimate peace and self redemption. There won't be anymore pandemoniums created by some religious extremists and therefore no blood spilled in the name of it.
I contemplate that this itself would bring us some peace of mind and even eradicate the need for war atleast to some extend. The Idea is to live and let live. What do you think?
