My Thoughts on RELIGION

Why? Can't we talk about it? Of course we can. People make us not to. How silly? But let's not argue, that would be foolish.

If you argue about religion, it will bring anger and perhaps endless quarrels as to what and who is right and wrong. Religion has obviously made we humans more aligned with modern living. It is alive and well. If it is not, then we have only ourselves to blame. Unless we opt to be atheists, we fear God and things we consider as GODs. Humans came as creatures to this planet Earth, the process of evolution has relentlessly changed us Homo Sapiens into “high breed” beings where thoughts and morals control our living today. We have changed from the killing animals we once were, hunting for food to survive, to the most mannered animals we now are. But we still kill, domesticate animals, slaughter them and eat them. We called ourselves civilized. And ironically, we also use religion to slaughter them and we say it is acceptable.

So what has religion got to do with life and how we think? Is it a guide, some kind of a rule, an unseen order that we ought to follow because some great men made it as such, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha. "Who is Jesus?", some have asked, “Is he God?” Now, let that be answered by God himself. I am in no position to say he’s not for I am a Christian and I honour every religion on the face of this Earth. Neither do I want to ask why a Muslim can marry 4 wives. That’s their religion, their teaching be it right or wrong, and it would be foolish and a waste of time to argue on such topics. That brings us to the fact that religion is indeed a guiding star in our lives. We see it, watch it, learn about it, cherish it, quarrel over it and treasure it. It guides us on, forever twinkling.

Michael York of Bath Spa University College, Bath, UK defines religion as:
"A shared positing of the identity of and relationship between the world, humanity and the supernatural in terms of meaning assignment, value allocation and validation enactment. A religion need not accept or believe in the supernatural, but it takes a position on. Likewise, some religions deny the reality or at least value of the world, but they still take a position."

Another says "The word 'religion' comes from the same root as the word 'ligament.' Ligaments connect muscles to bones. So the root word means, 'to connect, to bind, to tie together.' "Religion' literally means, 'continuously tying it all together.' Is it not therefore, an obvious deduction that that which is supposed to help us tie it all together should not be used to tear us apart?"

So don’t quarrel over it. It’s stupid of you to. In the worst case scenario, we all have to tolerate one another and understanding can help us tolerate.