(MN2M = My Notes To Myself)
Newspapers, News Channels, … speak of the unrest in every part of the world and society, in the name of Religion, Politics, Caste, … , shocking gang rapes, unwanted hate speeches, illogical fanaticism, mutilated bodies of soldiers, …. I have vented out my mind through this blog post.
I always prefer simplicity in everything in life; in understanding and defining Religion too. This post is my personal opinion on Religion based on some facts and my reasoning/logic.
Logic. Every person follows a religion to which his parents belong. I am a Hindu because I am born to Hindu parents. If a child is abandoned in an orphanage (by his biological mother) soon after his birth, the orphanage would give him a name. If it is an orphanage run by Hindus, the child would get a Hindu name; a muslim name, if the orphanage is run by Muslims. And, so on.
Fact. My friends (viz. Saleem Koya, Ahmed Abbas, Rehman, Mohd Husman, Thomas De’costa, Manoj Francis, Fredrick, Jesudas, Ram Prasad, Vinay Karan, Kuldeep Singh, Nadir Khajani, Hunaid Deesawala, Hemant Gupta, Niraj Kapasi, Kushal Das Gupta, … ) follow different religion. No religion speaks ill of other religions. We perfectly understand this TRUTH and the secularism among ourselves.
Fact. One follows religion to lead a proper life in the manner that the CREATOR expects its subject to live, perform the duties in one’s lifetime, ... , and to eventually qualify for a place in heaven after death.
Logic. When Adam and Eve, the first among the humans on earth, lived on earth, there existed everything. The land, the plants, the animals, the forests, ... , the other planets, the Sun, the Moon, … , the cosmos. In other words, the CREATOR did exist before Adam and Eve were born. Religions came later but the CREATOR existed thousands of years earlier.
Fact. Various messengers of God (the CREATOR) lived among the people. People were spread across continents. Over a period of time, people treated the messengers-of-God as GOD himself. And, thus many religions and sub-religions surfaced over these years. And, we have many GODS now, when in fact, they were actually messengers of the CREATOR. And, the CREATOR is one.
Various people, organisations, political parties, … have systematically injected differences among the people of different religions for their selfish motives. This is no different from ‘market segmentation’ as in Marketing.
Me and my family have insulated ourselves from these illogical aspects. We believe in secularism. Our friend circle testifies it. In fact, spouses of some of my cousins belong to different religion, caste, state, …. And, we have no problem. Life is so beautiful and peaceful among us.
Through this post, I wish the reader to form his OWN OPINION on every aspect of LIFE including RELIGION. That will provide us the clarity in our mind. And, thus we will NOT to be carried away by non-secular people, organisations, political parties, …. Thus, we will NOT be used as pawns by others. Every person will thus be a CEO of his life.
If you concur with my reasoning contained in this post, you may share the blog with others.
Jaikishan
13th Jan 2013
Newspapers, News Channels, … speak of the unrest in every part of the world and society, in the name of Religion, Politics, Caste, … , shocking gang rapes, unwanted hate speeches, illogical fanaticism, mutilated bodies of soldiers, …. I have vented out my mind through this blog post.
I always prefer simplicity in everything in life; in understanding and defining Religion too. This post is my personal opinion on Religion based on some facts and my reasoning/logic.
Logic. Every person follows a religion to which his parents belong. I am a Hindu because I am born to Hindu parents. If a child is abandoned in an orphanage (by his biological mother) soon after his birth, the orphanage would give him a name. If it is an orphanage run by Hindus, the child would get a Hindu name; a muslim name, if the orphanage is run by Muslims. And, so on.
Fact. My friends (viz. Saleem Koya, Ahmed Abbas, Rehman, Mohd Husman, Thomas De’costa, Manoj Francis, Fredrick, Jesudas, Ram Prasad, Vinay Karan, Kuldeep Singh, Nadir Khajani, Hunaid Deesawala, Hemant Gupta, Niraj Kapasi, Kushal Das Gupta, … ) follow different religion. No religion speaks ill of other religions. We perfectly understand this TRUTH and the secularism among ourselves.
Fact. One follows religion to lead a proper life in the manner that the CREATOR expects its subject to live, perform the duties in one’s lifetime, ... , and to eventually qualify for a place in heaven after death.
Logic. When Adam and Eve, the first among the humans on earth, lived on earth, there existed everything. The land, the plants, the animals, the forests, ... , the other planets, the Sun, the Moon, … , the cosmos. In other words, the CREATOR did exist before Adam and Eve were born. Religions came later but the CREATOR existed thousands of years earlier.
Fact. Various messengers of God (the CREATOR) lived among the people. People were spread across continents. Over a period of time, people treated the messengers-of-God as GOD himself. And, thus many religions and sub-religions surfaced over these years. And, we have many GODS now, when in fact, they were actually messengers of the CREATOR. And, the CREATOR is one.
Various people, organisations, political parties, … have systematically injected differences among the people of different religions for their selfish motives. This is no different from ‘market segmentation’ as in Marketing.
Me and my family have insulated ourselves from these illogical aspects. We believe in secularism. Our friend circle testifies it. In fact, spouses of some of my cousins belong to different religion, caste, state, …. And, we have no problem. Life is so beautiful and peaceful among us.
Through this post, I wish the reader to form his OWN OPINION on every aspect of LIFE including RELIGION. That will provide us the clarity in our mind. And, thus we will NOT to be carried away by non-secular people, organisations, political parties, …. Thus, we will NOT be used as pawns by others. Every person will thus be a CEO of his life.
If you concur with my reasoning contained in this post, you may share the blog with others.
Jaikishan
13th Jan 2013
