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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Religion and politics

 

​A nation, like an individual or any institution must focus on many factors on a priority basis. 

 

If we look at it from that perspective, I think we are getting overloaded by MSM and SM which make many to get hyper obsessed with politics and religion at the expense of other aspects of living, especially socio-economic progress. 

 

Thus, everyone ends up spending as much time as, sometimes more than, the professional politicians and religious priests and preachers, talking, reading and writing about these topics.

 

After all, those two are means to deliver certain things to individuals and society. They are supposed to do so through many means and methods. 

 

Primarily politics must prioritise governance and all its concomitant activities ( getting to positions of power has its own dynamics-some are welcome some not good for society). 

 

Similarly, religion is supposed fulfil various aspects of social harmony. 

 

No doubt  both these have permeated in every domain and end up influencing / imposing sometimes excessively, that one cannot afford to ignore, but everyone can move on without this competitive claims/ counter claims, superiority etc. 

 

Just open the Atlas, look at the overall ( macro level)  economic status and social conditions  of the nations and see what individuals and governments prioritise in their life. Religion will be of  least importance.  

 

 


 

 

 

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