Friday, April 2, 2010

Is Religion killing Humanity ???


Human being, the most intelligent living thing on earth. We rule over other living creatures, we have reached the moon, we progressed in every field we stepped into…oh wait..!!! There is something we are yet to make progress in. Yeah, the title says so. Religion, the only barrier between spreading peace, the only aspect which people believe blindly and the way of life for some people. But do you think that religion should be given this high priority??? Well NO..!!! That’s what I am writing here. So please lend me your eyes and mind for two minutes.

Let me start wid GOD. Can anyone explain the concept of God?? No one has even seen God but yet we believe in this concept. Its ok if we believe in it but what is the use of giving such a hypothetical concept different names. Forget about names, but why is it necessary to pray in different forms when we know that the one whom we worship is common to every human being?? People say that if we pray from our heart we get everything…it’s a myth. Actually, when we pray from our heart we are setting a goal in our mind and then we strive to achieve it. People are usually successful in these attempts but finally the credit goes God. He might not even know what is happening in this world. Its even ok if we believe in different Gods but is it necessary criticize people who believe in some other God. People say, “live and let live” but do they actually follow it??? Everyone believes that their Almighty is the mightiest. And the funniest part is, its allowed to get into the other team.

God, because of this idea came the concept of religion. Religion according to the definition is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. Humans are foolish to set up different rules for different people. People say blame our ancestors for all these problems but have u every thought if u stop following the concept of religion your kids will have peaceful lives and they wont blame you for war. If our ancestors would have given up their religions there would have been no incidents like the bringing down of Babri Masjid and the riots in Mumbai. Two human beings, nature and persona wise maybe identical but the thing that destroys this similarity is religion. There are even people who don’t shake hands with the people of the different team. They always believe that what they doing is absolutely right according to their so called “holy books”. These holy books were made centuries ago when d population was scarce, so people used to stay happily because the other team was far away. But now the world is becoming a small place so its very difficult for us to manage.

Consider a small example of you and your friend belonging to a different religion. You spent all the time together eating, laughing and enjoying. But when the word praying comes you are the reciprocal of your friend. Every religion is right as long as they promote peace. The holy books never ask you to fight then why is Man creating new rules to ruin himself. Even though we know what we are doing is completely baseless and hypothetical yet the most intelligent living thing on earth is not ready to give up.

We all are so lucky that God at least gave us a chance to come down on the earth and survive. We are missing out the golden opportunity to spread peace and love. Humanity is more important than any other religion because here we live as individuals free to choose the way of life but we are confined to a definite domain by following the concept of religion. Wake up guys and try to overcome this situation by forgetting the concept which has only been successful to spread hatred.
HEAL THE WORLD, MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE,
FOR YOU AND FOR ME AND THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE....!!!

13 comments:

  1. Nishith="Please do comment.."

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  2. so true!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Very thoughtful Nishith..I completely agree with u...If people be little ( at present little is "more") flexible in their approach towards religion, world will be better place to live in..!!

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  4. He might not even know what is happening in this world

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    dis is so wrong buddy

    plus wen u say 'These holy books were made centuries ago when d population was scarce, so people used to stay happily coz the other team was far away.' u r wrong...The very importance of da holy scriptures is tht it influences & guides us at every point of time... it doesn't matter if v live in da 21st century...

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  5. well some things have to be changed for gud...
    -nishith

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  6. so very thoughtful nishith...
    -monika

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  7. Have you heard about the Baha'i Faith? If not, please, visit the Lotus Temple near New Delhi, or try and find some Baha'is in your area.

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  8. never expected such a post from u..honestly..i mean religion..??!!?? hardly we ponder about such issues.. but, hats off to you..you did a good job penning down ur thoughts this lucidly..!

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  9. i agree wid rafaa..nd wid concerns to babri masjid,d riots,o evn d present situation in our country nd ovr d globe..hw mch do u think is d common man involvd in d entire issue?! its politics..plain political nd power games..wich xploit d thinkng power of d anyway frustrated ppl..nd media sensationalism follows..at d end of day..common man dsnt think!.. v al abide by let nd let live today! els d politicos wud hav nvr succeeded in dividing d society..! "jab koi nahi bolta, toh khud awaaz uthake kyu phase.." d day we change dis attitude..live peacefully, happily nd togethr will b our mantra! wich is, i bliv a lot more meaningful compared to live nd let live! smthng by wich atleast d youth of today (i mean US!!) stand by!
    ---afren :)

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  13. Instead of searching for The highest degree of good righteousness, (God) outside of self get to know I mean really know thy self and you will find God or at least righteousness within SELF!!

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