Religion & Violence

No religion teaches violence is what experts of every religion would pledge. Religion preaches moral values , moral laws, doing good to people,family . Religion preaches being good human beings , loving all and serving all.

While religion doesnot preach violence , quite often in name of religion violence erupts. Sensitivity of people towards their religion causes bloodshed of innocent people.

Quotes from books which are believed to be divine are used to motivate people to KILL. The experts of religions claim that verses have been mis interpretated to incite violence and has nothing to do with religion.

Fair enough. But here we are not talking about misinterpretation , but here we are talking about a person’s blind faith which can make him kill fellow human beings for revenge ,for community , for heaven , for salvation!!!!!!!!!!!

Religion has been used to gain political powers in past and history is full of such episodes in which actual powers remained with religious heads of the state. Religious heads would read from book and convey to its masses about what is write and what is wrong. How enemy of state is enemy of god and how god wanted enemy to be punished!!!!!!!

Now critics of religion often argue that god who is all powerful doesnot need mortal man to save true religion and god. God who is all powerful could have taught religion to child which he/she was in womb. Human donot need to learn how to eat, how to drink and how to breathe. Its natural and in same way humans don’t need teaching on god.

At same time critics of religion do agree that religion has proved to be glue factor among many and inspired to be good human beings. Largely positives of religion have been much more than its negative. But in era of globalization, terrorism backed by misintepretation of religious book is biggest threat that entire world faces. A mind convinced to kill with incentive of getting heaven is deadliest weapon ever made .

In country like India , communal riots is common in which all inhumans acts occur. Women being raped, men being slaughtered and child being burnt. All in name of merciful god. Is it god that one is trying to defend?. Does god need defense?. Is it religion which one is trying to protect. Is religion so small that it may extinct if not protected??.

It is true that faith can move mountains , but at same time it is also true that blind faith can make animals out of human who can kill fellow human beings. All in name of God.

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