Sunday, June 16, 2024
The knife that cuts to divide
As we celebrate the holy and auspicious festival of Eid Al-Adha and it is commemoration with a sacrifice of a goat or a lamb, let us not sacrifice ourselves to the following kinives
Politicians that cut us on religious lines.
Media that cut the reputation of a community.
Law that uses justice to cut partially on a person's faith and belief.
Religious leaders and priests that cut us from respecting other faiths.
The knife of stereotyping a community as bad and evil.
Any religion that cuts out other Gods with indoctrination of their God as the only God and you cannot respect other Gods. Or have any other Gods above HIM.
The knives of discrimination that women are inferior to men. Where a woman cannot take her own decisions and make choices?
The knife of sexual orientation of God mostly as male and not a female.
The dagger of Apostasy that demands the death of a person if he or she leaves a religion. This is not religion as no God would want anyone of HIS or HER creation to be bound in fear and not faith.
The knife of using any holy book as law. Holy books are for moral values and not legal frame work. That's besides both, holy books and the legal system has not driven a sense of humanity and justice in today's world.
The knife of selfishness that cuts what is the right of another, for one's personal greed.
The sword that cuts love in-between a man and a woman on religious grounds.
The knife of racism, caste and creed
Finally using God and religion for cutting humanity to the world we are living in today.
Eid Mubarak
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I agree with the author Mr Sunny Fernandes.
There is a lot more to be said upon this "festival" and the thought process ingrained in the minds of the people who celebrate it through their scriptures. But stating it here would invite trouble for me by allegations of "causing communal disharmony ... etc etc".
But fortinately the author has hinted at it in his statement ...."Any religion that cuts out other Gods with indoctrination of their God as the only God and you cannot respect other Gods. Or have any other Gods above HIM." if we can read between the lines.
This Govt of past 10 years had a golden opportunity to correct the skewedness and imbalances but sadly it was more interested in projecting the PM as messiah of the people and in enriching PM's close corporate friends at the cost of the citizens of India. May good sense prevail. Amen !!
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There is a lot more to be said upon this "festival" and the thought process ingrained in the minds of the people who celebrate it through their scriptures. But stating it here would invite trouble for me by allegations of "causing communal disharmony ... etc etc".
But fortinately the author has hinted at it in his statement ...."Any religion that cuts out other Gods with indoctrination of their God as the only God and you cannot respect other Gods. Or have any other Gods above HIM." if we can read between the lines.
This Govt of past 10 years had a golden opportunity to correct the skewedness and imbalances but sadly it was more interested in projecting the PM as messiah of the people and in enriching PM's close corporate friends at the cost of the citizens of India. May good sense prevail. Amen !!
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