In my last post I had criticised the current scenario pertaining to religion in India. I figured no criticism is complete, unless you point out what is wrong, and how it can or should be corrected. I’m certain we’re way past the point of return. But the prospective benefits are so humongous that it’s worth a try.
I have come across many people who sit in temples or in front of their idols at home for hours on ends. You would call them religious, I don’t. And because I don’t, I’m an atheist. But what we fail to notice is that these people neglect their duties as a mother/father, as a wife/husband, as a HUMAN BEING in the course of decorating their idols and spending hours just admiring their God’s ‘beauty’. Is this religion? Is this the way ‘God’ would want us to live. They will have a hundred maligning thoughts in their minds, a thousand ill wishes for other people, a million pervert desires, but they are religious people.
It’s not like I’m against idol worship. I also join my hands and pay respect to the idols of Gods and Goddesses. What I’m against is IDLE IDOL WORSHIP. It just doesn’t make sense. What do you think? The God that you’re trying to ‘impress’, is he going to get more impressed by you wasting all your time in decorating his idol or if you use that same time to do some good for your family, friends or mankind? I don’t think God is so selfish. He/She wouldn’t be ‘God’ if he/she was.
It’s high time we paid humanity its due attention. It’s high time we stopped discriminating people based on religion. Religions are mere paths leading to the same destination. In today’s scenario, religions have become paths to divert mankind from the desired destination and lead him away to an unhappy ending. There really is no other religion greater in reach than humanity.
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you're right...Charity starts at home
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