Greatness
of religion does not hinge on the number of adherents but in the temper of
tolerance towards others, though there is no harm in having more number of
adherents.
Religions are important in many of
their role, influence and impact so everyone must be aware of all its aspects
and respect it too but not get addicted to it, pledge life and living to its
identity and lose sight of priorities for one’s own self and for the society at
large.
Most importantly , no supreme power
would ever long for the statistical evaluation of number of followers and doing
that is actually demeaning whichever God one is praying to, because he/she
makes it sound as if that divinity desperately needs to establish its
superiority only through number .
There is no doubt every religion has
contributed, influenced and impacted many areas of human life in the early
times of human evolution. So, we all need to respect that role. But at the
present movement predominantly there are too many things that need to be
prioritized over religion, I mean all religions.
So, I personally feel that all
religions and most religious activities could be relegated to the back ground
in terms of relevance to life on the whole as large amount of population are
struggling for basic survival needs and are devoid of any literacy or
education.
It is precisely this vulnerable people
who are portrayed as victims and the preferred beneficiaries of divinity with
slogans like ‘God loves the poor’ etc.
The line that differentiates between
faith, ferventness and fanaticism becomes too thin sometimes to justify
inhumane activities in the name of religion.
Though there are many exceptions and I
would not like to brush everyone with the same color, still there are many
whose very sustenance financially, and/or identity socially hinge on tagging on
to some religion or religious connected activities.
In certain cases that inspire and in
some cases instigate.
The manifestation of mass opinions,
obsessions, and objectives takes various forms depending on certain inherent
attributes, imbibed cultural attitudes or instructed method of operation.
It is difficult to define intentions;
Science/technology has not come up with a machine which can deduct intentions.
So it would be better that sanity
prevails over everyone that they cannot lead a life only with all the tall
claims of religion, it at best helps the marketers of divinity in all
religions.
Because we need to remember one
thing while all of us feel the need for unity, what unity needs is
feeling for all by all.
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