Thursday, December 18, 2014

Religion is one, But Religions are Many: Mehreen Quadri

Hinduism, Islam, Christianity; are these Religions chosen by a child when she is in her mother’s womb? Does choosing any of these religions give a perfect identity to an individual?
Religion was initially introduced as an easy way to worship the supernatural power. The one and only one God. God could never have been more than one, if such a thing would happen, then why wouldn't the Gods create their own world? Why would the different Gods send their worshipers only to one world for spreading terror and fights for the so-called ‘God-worshiping’ religion? The multifaceted God, has different appearances, but the people worshiping him, having the same body cannot be together or even tolerate each other.

Religion is one, but it has a large variety because of the different geographical and social situations. Religion was just a way of spreading faith, trust and love for the Almighty, but  people used and abused religion for their own benefit. Communal violence, frightening riots, honor killing- all these terrifying  events are not a result of diverse religions, but are done in the ‘name’ of religion.
Tall and short, black and white, women and men, if there is so much diversity in the human race, diversity in religion is bound to happen. What is required the tolerance, acceptance and respect towards other religions.

Differences in religion our made by God. If the “religious” people worship their God, they need to learn how approve the diversity created by him.
People of today’s era have made the olden traditions, the Religion of today. The crux of every religion has lost its identity today. The crux is- Unity, Equality, Non violence, Friendship, Brotherhood. The Crux is same to all the religious books, but it is just not reflected in the people studying these books. The crux makes all religions one, people make it many. 

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