A critic's Religion..

Namaskaram!!
Helo n 2day i present before you another post which deviates a little from my usual rants..
okie..without further ado,.. Here v go...


Okie basically most of my friends say that I am an atheist ..I would like to begin today's post by dismissing that claim..
I do believe in GOD..but the God i believe in might be a whole lot different from yours..
I was born a hindu, and therefore hinduism certainly does have its influence on me..
But unlike most of the people i know who consider Brahma, Vishnu n Shiva the gods of creation protection an destruction as actual entities,..i dont..
What i believe in are forces..and i really do believe that is essentially what 'they' meant when they first wrote about them..
Now who the 'they' here are is something i really do not know..:D
In my humble opinion, Brahma is symbolic of all the forces that led to the creation of the cosmos...Vishnu is symbolic of the forces that help sustain the cosmos and Shiva is symbolic of all the forces that are responsible for the eventual decimation of the cosmos..
And i do not see any reason why one has to 'fear' or devote himself/herself to these forces..
We have all learned about tons of forces.. Th gravitational force, the electrostatic force,.. but we do not commit ourselves to these forces..





Now, moving on to the scriptures..
My assessment here is that the actual stories and characters in them are actually quite irrelevant and it is the ethics in them that really count...
Both the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha are meant to teach people to lead good lives..
They are meant to guide people to the right path..
And today we have Hindu fanatics running around the place destroying mosques and temples and hindering development claiming Ram peed there or Lakshman pooped there..and hence labeling the land as 'sacred'. I have great respect for the Bhagvad gita, The Ramayana and The Mahabharatha but i find no reason to respect Ram's land or Hanuman's writings because to me they are all nothing but fictional characters..and the epics themselves, mere anecdotes.
I believe people are missing the bigger picture here..instead of just praying to flying monkeys and elephant headed humans, what one needs to do is actually spend that time working or doing good.

That is why i believe in the laws of karma and dharma..Karma,which basically states that one gets what one deserves and Dharma which basically states that each and everyone has a purpose.
And again i disagree with the hindu take on all of it which explains karma on the basis of 'GOD's' direct involvement and which kind of mixes up Dharma with destiny.
I believe my concept of 'Dharma' is potentially the answer to what people have been searching for all their lives.. The purpose of life..
I believe the purpose of every person's life is to make a difference..
To make their presence felt..
The purpose of life is to live..
Now you may have noticed that i have focused only upon Hinduism and its aspects and not on any other religion's. I have a simple explanation to that as well.. I do not wish to comment upon things that i do not have any real knowledge of..i am not saying that i am a pundit in hinduism,..But I have a right to comment upon it as i was born into it and i have practiced it for the better part of my life.
I may disagree with Mahathma Gandhi on a lot of issues but here, i commend him.I really admire his stance on religion.He believed that religion should merely be a way of getting in touch with one's inner self a means of relieving stress. He believed that all the ideals in religion were to be practiced in real life and that religion itself should act as a channel towards equality.

What the world needs right now is a hybrid..A hybrid of Gandhi and Che Guevara who would annihilate all the Religious fanatics and put all the terrorist scum in their places!!
WE NEED A REVOLUTION!!
WE NEED A SAVIOR!! :D
WHO KNOWS, IT COULD BE YOU..


Okie.. well i think i am going to wind up now..
So in conclusion what i would like to say is that Hinduism,Islam or Christianity isnt my religion. I do have a religion but i lack a name for it..
My religion is based upon the morals and ethics from all the religions i know of..
And unlike all other religions mine does not have a static foundation..the foundation of my 'religion' continues to grow..
My religion is built on Equality Love Peace Freedom Justice Liberity and other values..
Perfection is my one true god and excellence is my salvation!!

OH YEAH..I M ALMOST AS DEEP AS THE MONKEY ON MY BLOG---->
:D

OKIE,..so until next time ,.CYA!

-A very 'religious' critic :D