I will embrace religion
Any religion
As soon as the
Killings stop in the name of
religion
Elections are not contested in the
name of Gods
Leaders do not
divide people on
their faith
set one against
the other
identify the
rioters by their clothes
hold a bible and
pose in front of a church while the nation burns
restrict an
immigrant based on their faith
The moment you show me
A Catholic cat
A Protestant parrot
A Hindu hamster
A Muslim monkey
A Jewish jaguar
A Dalit dragonfly
A Buddhist buffalo
A Jain jackal
The day
Food is not associated with a
specific religion
People are free to eat what they
want
People are not killed because of
what they choose to eat
Places of worship
Do
not amass wealth
Pitch
in to ease the pain of the masses
Preach
equality and tolerance
Do
not ban entry to certain people
Pay
taxes
Do
not stigmatize menstruating women
Support
gender equality
When
Any
intermediary in the name of religion is made illegal
A
representative of the faith stops exploiting the vulnerable
Sexual
abuse is stopped
Stereotyping
based on religion stops
And here is my favorite all-time quote on religion.
“Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you
would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things.
But for good people
to do evil things, that takes religion.”
Steven Weinberg
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VK, I am sure that there are many who feel the same. Many of the lines you wrote make my blood boil. But religion has been and will continue to kill people.
ReplyDeleteHow true and how sad and how helpless we all are.
DeleteMany a war has been fought in the name of religion. History repeats itself due to our ignorance. We have morons that hold up 'a bible' to flex his muscle in this day and age. The people preaching religion are not religious or pious, but 2 bit crooks.
DeleteReligion has taken more lives than the two world wars combined. Sadly. And we still continue...............
Delete"When one person suffers frm a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer frm a delusion, it's called religion." Robert Pirsig
ReplyDeleteAnd the it's true Indeed !
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance?
DeleteThis also will pass like the legendary quote. The public memory is very short less than that of an air bubble in the water. Or else hoping for things to improve, we will pass
ReplyDeleteReligion is an ingrained evil - guaranteed to outlast us all
DeleteI have qa different take on your blog. religion per se is not bad. The gap between the teachings of religion and the practice of the followers is so great that religion starts looking bad. When you talk of history , you are starting from the times when humans had formed a society but the societies were formed due to religion.Religious perceptions helped man to keep alive &hopeful in this uncertain world. Religion made bigger societies to be built. Earlier the tribes and later the kingdoms were small but due to religion more people were united even in different kingdoms.More importantly religion helped to have an order in the society. Today's constitution in my view can be considered a kind of religion as it serves the same purpose for society. Now if some people or groups are not behaving as per the religious diktat then it is the fault of the religious leaders and the followers just as gangsters not respecting law is the weakness of the governing agencies and /or the people not obeying the law.
ReplyDeleteTo summarize, I am just saying that do not blame religion for the mess in the world but it is the people using it for their own purpose who are to be blamed. If not religion they will find some other emotional item, say 'Nationalism' !!
Thanks Uday
DeleteSo firstly there is no dispute that religion is used as a wrong means today in its current iteration- why I said I am willing to embrace it the day the listed maladies are removed - which shall never happen- this whataboutery that if not religion then something else is obvious - one needs to outside prop to discover himself or do good is my conviction - thanks to my namesake JK
Truth is a pathless land
The moment we follow a path we lose the destination - the journey becomes paramount - my road is better than yours - different type of roads - tax on roads - signs on road - interpretation of use of road- do you follow me
One needs no outside prop *
DeleteWhen you talk of JK or yourself it is a different level Krish, and anyway you are not creating any trouble in the world. Think of the masses who don't have either time or inclination to think on such subject, they are the one who need a prop and they are the ones who are carried away by these leaders- religious or otherwise. My point is these leaders need to be tackled, not necessarily the religion
ReplyDeleteNa rahega bas na rahega basuri
DeleteExposing my inadequacy in Hindi as a light relief- but we understand each other .in the same eternal words of JK if I set one man free I am successful
Agreed! Our interpretation of religion to suit our own vested interests has made religion the root of most evils in society
ReplyDeleteTrue - thanks for reading and comments - feel free to share if you wish
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