Atheist ?!
Is it necessary to belong to any religion. I once attended an SSB interview (for the Indian Army). I was asked what is my religion. And I replied
“To say, and just to say, I am a Hindu”.
Why ?? You may ask !!
And I will tell you, that why will God, if he created us and all, want us to pray to him, to glorify him, to go to church, mosque or the temple, and remind him, that he is the sole and mighty. Is this not, very mortal ?? The idea of self, of glorification, of being aloof, it sounds so human like.
And they say, if you not go to church, you will be punished. If you not pray 5 times a day, you are sinning !! For anyone who is capable of such diverse imagination, such brilliance, such creativity, would not attach this ‘art’, this wonder, to be subject to glorification by others or the ones he himself has created.
Or he is that master, who whips his slaves and asks them to worship him. And us, like those incapable and helpless souls, who have no option but to worship else we will face calamities in life. For anyone, even the one who has created me, shall not have the right to inflict pain,or harm me, on purpose !! For respect is mutual, it is automatic. And the person who deserves respect gets it. It is not forced on anyone by fear, for he might respect you and respect you with resentment.
I have been in the company of the three major religions, and all of them shun anyone from the person of the other. I am not saying that these people despise people from other religion. But when the issue of religion is brought in front of anyone, anyone from the other religion is just not upto to the mark.
I was once attending a session on Buddhism, and there was this person from U.K. asking my views. I described him in the following precise words,
“I don’t take it (Buddhism) as religion, but a philosophy of living life. “
I think and feel, that this should be the attitude for approaching any religion. And I have clear conviction in my mind, that whatever way we choose, it will only lead to the same power. But in no way, will that power despise us, even if we shun each and all religion. Because, it does not expect glorification from us, he does not need to be reminded that, if he actually exists, is the creator of all. For he knows he is !!
When I told my Friend that I don’t believe in God, she corrected me and said, its not that you don’t believe in God, its just that you don’t approve of the ways to reach him.
Reading this blog, I agree with your Friend. You think you do believe in god, but not the ways to reach him.
I personally believe the concept of god is largely a human construct. But in such matters, we can;t have any set answer, can we?
Friedrich Niestche has said
“God is Dead”
Well, what he meant was God created the world, but now he is dead!!
You are right, we can not conclue convincingly whether God does exist or not.
But, yes either way, I don’t approve of any of the ways commonly used to reach God !!
Well, I like your views on Atheism. But, according to me, it were humans who invented the concept of going to places of worship. And also, it might be possible that it was us who invented the concept of God [Idol Worship]. I believe in God but not that God in which most of them believe. God, for me, is a supreme energy which governs us.
Remember people… humans invented the concept of sin, going to places of worship.
NOTE: I am not violating anybody’s view. It’s an opinion, my opinion.
Well, I believe no one governs us.
Each one of us is like a thread of software, running, free. When we try to access some of the things in life and we don’t get it, we blame it on luck. But it is simply the common case of Semaphores.
We pray to God, for many reasons, but our overall goal is to have success in whatever our objective is.
We humans, are very shrewd. We give control to the other, so that if things do not work out, we won’t be blaming ourselves. And this is why we believe in God. Anything which doesn’t workout, is said only that, God did not wish so!!