[Long Post] We have understood religion wrong
I am a religious person, but not in the way society typically portrays it. Humans are at the top of the food chain, and it's easy for them to become arrogant. Therefore, believing in a higher power keeps them grounded (that's my opinion, you don't have to agree or disagree).
All religions have a supreme power they connect with; and some have more than one name for that power.
Individuals are free to like, choose, and follow whichever path they desire. How and where does one religion/belief become "better" than another? Who started this competition? Why is it even a competition?
I have encountered multiple incidents (in real life or on social media) where people loudly play chants from their religion as an act of provocation, yet they won't accept under the excuse of "I am exercising my right of religion." In another video yesterday, people on their way to a pilgrimage damaged a car with lathis because the driver asked them not to walk on the highway.
I don't practice all religions, but I know for sure that NONE teach us to be disrespectful, impulsive, or hateful towards others.
Please don't start quoting "translated" verses from holy books. They weren't written in the language you read them in today. Over many years, some bad elements in society have twisted these teachings for their own benefit and convinced people that they are doing this for God. Do you really think God or a Higher power wants this? Does God really want your expensive charity or the killing of people?
In a wonderful interview video of Irrfan Khan (the actor), he asks why he has to mention his religion on forms, to the government, or to his school. It is his personal relationship with his God, and he shouldn't have to announce it to others, nor should others be concerned about it.
TLDR: Religion is a personal relationship with God and shouldn't be forced on anyone (self or others).
We didn't become this way on our own. I believe politicians and religious heads made us like this for their own benefit. They have successfully made people feel insecure about other religions, convincing them that other religions are a threat to our own. They turned practicing one's religion into a fear that other religions are a danger to ours.
We still have the freedom to practice our own religion our way
Agree but the masses are brainwashed already right from college. For no reason they can't stand other religion. Personally I lectured one guy who is an engineer well educated. While we are flat hunting, we came across a road of peaceful community(no pun intended) and he was like bro not here pls. I asked why,he gave some dumbest possible reason just said " they hate us". Now Imagine someone who doesn't have education will he listen if someone explains. It became from practicing our own religion to fearing some other religion.
Agree or not there is only one religion that creates 90% of world problems
Keep quiet else STSJ folks would be knocking on your door by now.
STSJ ???? WHAT'S THAT
Religion is spirituality in a fool's hand . Most are fools. Seek spirituality and direct experiences, not bullshit beliefs.
IMO religion was created as an effective way of crowd control which eventually was modified for the benefits of corporate/ political overlords. one might consider it under the umbrella of culture but how can a Buddhism follower in combodia has vastly different KPIs than a Buddhism follower in india, something is off !!
as you said, it is a personal relationship with god.. keep it like that.. what others say/do/like/hate/praise/disrespect should not be any ones concern.. that's the idea.. but no.. we all have some bias which somehow finds something incorrect/offensive and what not.. we are all like that.. if not, this post would have not been here..
Hating on others, pulling other down, showing our religion is better is where this post started.
yes.. that's the idea bro.. if it gives them peace or they think if this is the way to connect with god, let it be.. afterall the relationship with god matters and that is something which should be personal..
The only objective reality is that we don't know what is out there. We haven't found out, what's the higher power or if there is even one. It is the arrogance of man that created religions to explain the unknown so blatantly and confidently. That I know who is God and I everyone else has to believe that. Truth is, religions are man made, the Gods we know are man made. And like everything that is man-made, religions are fallible. Humans evolved into the apex species on this Earth because of the power of imagination and story telling. Religions are merely stories people have told over ages, and other people have believed those stories, because they've been told well and enough times. Both extremes: Atheism and Theist Fundamentalism are arrogant to the core - we know what it is and we won't hear anything else. Agnostic approach however I feel is the more rational one: there may be something out there, but we don't really know what.
Religion is man made but God is out there. I just can’t agree that everything we see around is a byproduct of randomness. Just look at the world around you- how systematic and logical it is. It simply can’t come out of randomness
FYI - Hinduism is not a religion, it’s a way of life. I just don’t agree to Brahminical concepts in Hinduism devised by the priests for their own benefits
The more people will accept atheism, the better it'll be
Who the fuck told you that ? There is definitely something higher than life that governs the whole fucking universe. Life was not born out of a fucking explosion somewhere in the universe
There is no God.
