Our global population is torn between hundreds of religions and cults, all claiming to be the true path with all the answers. Any sober individual will realise in an instant that they cannot all be right, right? And yet it has been religious dogma that has held people captive through preaching death and destruction, threats of punishment by an almighty to all disobedient pilgrims, yet promises rewards and salvation to those who submit to blind faith. Religion is something which many have abandoned today. They assume it's not required in their daily lives, perhaps because their prayers are never answered, and so material possessions now play a more important role in their life. Western world is more concerned about the accumulation of material possessions, money, greed, and selfishness, whilst not parting with anything except for one's own creature comforts. What the majority of people forget is that all these various religious scriptures — the Bible, the Tanakh, the Qur'an — to mention a few, were all originally compiled as a signpost, a guide, or a manual of behaviour "for the time period it was written in" but because they have all been repeatedly misinterpreted over the many years some people, very sadly, take them literately and to extremes.
All that matters is that all individuals should practice their beliefs to the best of their abilities without either going to any extremes, neither imposing their beliefs on others. You must remember that no religion is better than the individual who professes that religion. Beliefs lead to a certain discipline that is a very important part of life that many ignore. True religion is a code of behaviour that we willingly impose upon ourselves which in turn provides social order. Religion correctly applied and understood requires no other man made laws. It's strange that when something contradicts our understanding or religious beliefs we don't try to make any attempt to understand those differences. We falsely assume that it's a direct attack and therefore should be quashed at any cost, even if that means using force whilst claiming it's being accomplished in God's name. We all agree that God is omnipotent, therefore, why would God instruct someone to kill when God can do it?
People clearly forget that these numerous scriptures were all written either hundreds or thousands of years ago when that way of life was totally different to what it is today. Various everyday words back then had different meanings to what they do today. The use of everyday words was to establish a platform of understanding, a point of reference, and unless you can understand the point of reference being used it's pointless going any further as you wouldn't be able to truly understand what they were trying to say. A very common mistake made by people. As an example, Jesus said "in my father's house there are many mansions." He is clearly talking about dimensions, and yet, cannot use the word dimension as the people of that era clearly wouldn't have understood the word dimension. Therefore, everyday words must be used so people could visualise and understand what Jesus was talking about. The Zulu tribe have to use their everyday words for a solar eclipse. They say: "A crocodile has eaten the sun"; can you now see how easy it is for misinterpretations to occur?
Mankind must return to a religion. It doesn't matter which religion for the moment so long as it's a religion they willingly accept and not something imposed upon them. Religion gives a person the necessary spiritual discipline that will regulate one's own actions, something that's lacking these days. Truly religious people would not put personal possessions, money, greed, and selfishness before others. All religions are founded on the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Sadly most people just give hypocritical respect to their beliefs. Most people will interpret their religious scriptures with the view of what's in it for me? So it's not surprising how selective some people can be when it comes to religion. Helping to overcome this problem every religion has had messengers throughout time, but humans have acquired a fixation about the messenger whilst forgotten about the important messages. Religion provides a social code of conduct into becoming a respectable person so that our Overself may be purified and strengthened.
Albert Einstein said: "A human being is a part of a whole, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
I am not asking you to change your religious beliefs, just the complete opposite. I am asking you to open your eyes and mind into thinking about Religion. Use common sense when reading your religious scriptures and never assume because it's in print, it's 100% true! By questioning something we start to understand it, as you wouldn't just believe something a complete stranger told you, or would you?
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