I have been watching a lot of religious posts and videos on facebook lately. Reminds me of something I read a long time back (Kushwanth Singh I guess) which goes something like “Religion is like your underwear. Don’t boast about it in public”.
My take on religion and god as it stands now.
- God exists – With form or without form. I just need someone to talk to about my worries and feel relieved that he will take care of me if I don’t do anything wrong.
- Faith doesn’t need logical reasoning. All beliefs are blind but that doesn't make them evil
- Any religion is as logical and scientific as the growth of science at the time in which it was created. If someone started writing a new Bagavath geeta or Bible or Quran, I am sure he will include a periodic table in it.
- Anything vague and sophisticated can be interpreted in n number of ways. If I write something like “And it will burn from inside and erupt killing all those who took the forbidden spirit” , it can be interpreted as a “Vyaja madya durantham” (Methanol poisoning) or a volcanic eruption which will destroy all who neglected a religious rule.
- Everybody has a right to believe in his religion. To say that mine is the only religion is to say that someone else’s is not. Your religion is between you and your god.No one needs to see your underwear.
- We are not even the tiniest speck in this whole universe. If god created it, why would he need our advertisement?
- Did all those Neanderthals and Cromagnons and the rest of our pre religious ancestors go to hell?