In this article, I want to discuss about religion. First of all, imagine the society without religion.If there is no religion, there is no civilization. I mean, if a person doesn't fear god and every choice he/she makes is left to his/her discretion. Instead of helping a blind person he/she will make fun of him/her, if there is a choice between killing and forgiving, people will kill(most probably).I mean, if people fear nothing, they most probably will take the violent side and the bad side(according to a religion).Hence, the intellectuals formed certain rules (which are the religious beliefs) and a god, whom people fear and abstain from committing crimes. According to a religion, ghosts reside in the trees during night times and because of this belief people never slept under trees in the night. Scientifically, during night time trees release CO2 and its bad for our health. Some intellectual person would have noticed this (But, if you say to the mob about these bad effects they will never listen)So, they imposed it through a belief, religious or not.Similarly, basil tree. Nobody cares if you ask them to grow basil tree without any reason.So, it was imposed through religion. In a way, religion is good up to certain extent.Now that we are in the times dominated by technology, where rules and regulations are implemented by a judicial system. I would say there is no need of any staunch religious beliefs (one can preserve his/her culture that is a different thing). I mean, if a particular religion is hurting your belief with their eating habits etc, you shouldn't take it to heart and should see things in a broader way. I know this is difficult, but can be achieved. One shouldn't stereotype the whole community based his/her encounter with a group of people. This can be achieved through looking into the past. History teaches us a lot about religion. One of my friends, tells me that we fight(this is true upto certain extent) some way or the other, why not this way? The only thing we can do is, control the devil in us. Thats what religion tried to do from antediluvian times. But, it ended up in a different way thats a different thing. Pragmatically, a world without religion is out of question, to end this religious wars, one should respect other religions and beliefs. I would say, this can be done by treating others religions like neighbors kids(If a neighbor leaves his kids in your house, you will look after them more prudently than your own kids).
> If there is no religion, there is no civilization. I mean, if a person doesn't fear god and every choice he/she makes is left to his/her discretion.
ReplyDeleteBertrand Russell asks somewhere that why is it assumed that in absence of external rules, I would rape old ladies? I have though about it, I don't fear "god", and I don't care for religious opinions, and let me tell you that I don't want to rape old ladies!
what if an attractive lady comes by and if you do not have any external rules to control you?(10 out of 100, may be like Betrand Russell would control themselves, but what about the rest?)
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