sravna
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Religion and God have been with us even before we were able to produce rational systems like science and socioeconomic and political systems. This has even led the rationalists to proclaim that God is not a rational concept. But I believe that religions were founded with a purpose and there is a purpose for multiple religions and different Gods to exist.
This has to do with variance between human minds and different natures and circumstances of different eras. Each served a purpose and a particular religion seemed to be a natural thing to have been founded at a particular time and place. Religions were followed based on faith and also arguably a deeper understanding of things.
With the meteoric rise of science and technology, ownership of logic and rationality has been usurped by science leaving the religion as something founded on a set of dogmas and irrational and superstitious beliefs. There is truth to some extent in this because some superstition and irrational beliefs did creep into many religions along the way.
But I believe that the sublime principles on which many religions are based should be preserved and propagated, especially now when adherence to values are most needed.
Religions have to disown unjust and parochial practices and rise the level.
How can the level be raised? When one thinks deeper the notion of different Gods each existing as separate and autonomous entities and protecting their followers is antagonistic to the timeless and universal values of any religion. How is it that Jesus Christ exists only for the christians, Allah only for the muslims and Krishna for the Hindus and Shiva for the Iyers etc.
Of course it has been explained that these are different forms but there is only one God but this explanation is generally to explain multiple Gods in a religion especially in Hinduism.
Is it not time that we see this great irrationality in multiple and parochial Gods and understand that in the eyes of God all are same and He protects everyone with the same kindness and compassion though we divide ourselves into different groups based on Gods?
This has to do with variance between human minds and different natures and circumstances of different eras. Each served a purpose and a particular religion seemed to be a natural thing to have been founded at a particular time and place. Religions were followed based on faith and also arguably a deeper understanding of things.
With the meteoric rise of science and technology, ownership of logic and rationality has been usurped by science leaving the religion as something founded on a set of dogmas and irrational and superstitious beliefs. There is truth to some extent in this because some superstition and irrational beliefs did creep into many religions along the way.
But I believe that the sublime principles on which many religions are based should be preserved and propagated, especially now when adherence to values are most needed.
Religions have to disown unjust and parochial practices and rise the level.
How can the level be raised? When one thinks deeper the notion of different Gods each existing as separate and autonomous entities and protecting their followers is antagonistic to the timeless and universal values of any religion. How is it that Jesus Christ exists only for the christians, Allah only for the muslims and Krishna for the Hindus and Shiva for the Iyers etc.
Of course it has been explained that these are different forms but there is only one God but this explanation is generally to explain multiple Gods in a religion especially in Hinduism.
Is it not time that we see this great irrationality in multiple and parochial Gods and understand that in the eyes of God all are same and He protects everyone with the same kindness and compassion though we divide ourselves into different groups based on Gods?
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