This may sound like a rant, and honestly, it is one.
I am tired of opening my Facebook everyday and seeing a dozen posts that only exist to prove how one my religion is better than the other yours.
What I am writing here is things we already know but I just think we need to read it.
Religion is important. Hear me out.
Picture courtesy : Sacred Games - Netflix
All religion essentially was bought in only to bring a sense of harmony or goodness. While evolving, we needed a path for discipline so there could be a sense of direction. Religion is important to give you strength and make you morally and ethically "correct".
People need to understand that with evolution, we need to grow, and although the moral grounds remain same, what was then written may not be absolutely the gospel of truth, considering the changes in our present times. The present need not be an exact replica of the past.
No religion ever mentioned another religion, particularly to be better or worse, merely because either all of them preached the same, or, all of them essentially knew how to CO-EXIST.
My religion is better than yours is a new concept and it has led us to "Devolve", if that is a word.
A rape is a rape, whether by a Muslim or a Hindu, or a Sikh or a Christian or even Goths.
The mere reason religion possibly was meant to impart knowledge is now the reason to spread distress.
When you blurt out a "fact" written in the scripture, please try to know the reason behind why it was written, I am sure it wasn't just a random blurt. It was there for a reason.
Are we so stupid to listen,and more importantly believe, to the political speeches spreading hate and forming opinions?
We visit other nations and are surprised to see how people are focusing on cleanliness and development. Guess what, you are wasting your time discussing why you think Ayodhya should be a place for a temple or a mosque, or why Aamir Khan is an anti nationalist because he thinks India is intolerant.
intolerance
ɪnˈtɒl(ə)r(ə)ns,ɪnˈtɒl(ə)rəns/
noun
- unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own.
You are proving his point by making an issue out of it really.
I wish I could say : Grow up, but sadly grown ups are the ones talking about it all the time.
Go Benjamin Button rather.
Stop being used for votes. India is a huge vote bank and since literacy is low, we need to educate people to stop voting people based on religion.
Stop encouraging posts that create unrest even in your own minds. Believe in whatever religion you want to, if you want to. Just stop enforcing it on others.
Stop being played by the media. Watch news that discuss actual topics important so that they get lower TRPs and concentrate on showing things that matter.
Stop being a pawn in this game of being sacred.
Stop calling people anti-national merely because your views are superior different.
