Religion in itself is no longer required. It has
outlived its usefulness for mankind. Time was when man was savage and might was
right. Religions brought in moral codes and taught between right and wrong with
the backing of divine laws. But from the 18th century onwards, as nations and
societies developed and civilisation progressed, constitutions were instituted
which became sacrosanct in law. They cover all aspects of human behaviour and
governance. They have clear guidelines on penalties and bring about equality in
justice, establish liberties, authority and duties. Religion today has to take
a backseat and often clashes with the law. It has in fact become an
anachronism, backward looking and reduced to a mere framework of oppressive
rules and regulations which is being exploited by clergy to keep the ignorant
masses under subjugation and enrich themselves. Religion has lost its
spirituality and become a business. All religions have degenerated into
perverted forms of human slavery. Once you realise with your by now finely
tuned sense of morality and ethics that the laws of today's nations are
sufficient, religion in itself becomes redundant. You don’t need its framework
anymore to lead a moral life or be a good human being. You don’t need to fall
prey to the dastardly clergy to find your own spiritual peace and happiness in
life.
Most intelligent (which is not to be equated
with education) and deeply introspective people eventually realise that
religion today has become a big con game. Far from enlightening us, religions
today wish to keep us backward, isolated, ignorant and blindly obedient. It has
become an opiate for the dumb masses and a tool in the hands of unreligious
crooks. The most divisive factor in human civilisation is religion, the cause
of wars, strife and suffering. More cruelties and casualties have been
inflicted and more passions ignited in its name than wars, pestilence and
patriotism combined. It instills hatred against other beliefs and faiths, thus
becoming deniers of fundamental rights to others. Blind adherence to religion
encourages further introduction of strange and illogical practices which are an
affront to logic and an insult to human intelligence, besides having no
connection to the Gods they profess to serve. Most intelligent people become
religious rebels. Surprisingly all the prophets who came were rebels who came
to overthrow oppressive "religions" of their time. Mohammed, Buddha,
Jesus, Ram, Moses, Guru Nanak and Zarthustra, all were rebels and free
thinkers. If they were alive today they would denounce the way their messages
have been perverted, distorted and misused. In fact they would encourage their
followers to rebel and throw out the entire so called religious frameworks as
they exist today, along with all those rascals who profess to being its
preachers and guardians of your faith.
