Think please ….!
Over 100 school kids were killed in Peshawar in Dec' 2014
and in less than a month 10 Journalists along with 2 cops were shot in Paris.
Both these attacks were claimed to be demonstrations of withholding faith in a
particular religion by two different groups. These tragic incidences have triggered
the following article ....
Apart from these killings, innumerable people are being
killed in various attacks all over the world. Since the Twin Tower collapse,
terrorist attacks, sadly, have also become a topic of discussion even at
parties and get-togethers. It feels strange sometimes to see the human mind
adapting to insensitivity so easily than to sensitivity. May be because sensitivity
would demand an action and leave us restless, if it is not pursued.
Well, lately I have been reading a book on religions across
the globe. My thoughts wandered to the people ...the common people who dominate
the human population on this earth. This is what I thought. ...........If I am
born in a particular religion and am seeing everything good around me ....my
parents quiet good, working sincerely, praying daily, living reasonably and giving
their families a good living too. Also I am being assuming the same about my
ancestors and theirs as well ….. in fact
this has been the way of life all throughout for my generations.....being in
the same religion ....THEN ...why would I even think about any other religion
...forget about adopting it ....why
would I even study it ? There is absolutely no reason to alter. Well the point
that I am trying to make is that any person born in a particular religion more
or less undergoes the same experience. In addition to this ...consistent,
direct or indirect, exposure to religious rituals reinforce my belief in my
religion as against zero exposure to any other religion's ritual. Why would I
even think something wrong about my religion, IF, mind you IF, everything is
going well? And then why wouldn't somebody else of another religion at some
other place think similar about his own religion. So in short all the religions
become good to their respective followers by default .......until of course
........ ... !!
Until of course.... there is something in the religion that
is posing as a challenge to the way one should think and act. ......Now this is
where the individual and his nurturing comes into the picture. Who is supposed
to validate the challenge that a religion might pose? Well I think it has to be
subjected to nature's law of selection.
Amidst the variety in nature only human (man and woman) is
bestowed by intelligence as his weapon for survival. Based on his/her thinking
human can counteract and has counteracted innumerable super challenges in the
past. How can any religion be against the freedom of expression? Hello! Isn’t
it the prerequisite for the human evolution. Had it not been for the human mind’s progress
how would the world reach where it has today? Without challenges and debates we
would never have known that the earth is a sphere. For that matter would the
killers of Hebdo even have those sophisticated guns, if they were never made? And
the car in which they flew cowardly? THINK! …that’s how we differ from animals.
Let the mind evolve!!
So if in a religion suppose women seeking education is
perceived as a challenge then ...(subjecting
this challenge to nature) nature shouldn't have made baby girls as curious as
baby boys. ... what I mean is, see as babies we are forced to sleep, we always
want to stay awake, you know why?...Because babies are curious and want to
witness every moment, grasp more and more. Similarly as adults we want to know
a lot of things out of simple natural curiosity...that’s education man! It’s a natural
tendency. Whether one goes to a school or not doesn't really matter..... now
how are they going to curb the natural curiosity of learning in women? Are they
going to kill all women if they are convinced with what I say? THINK!
