God Religion and Me: Religion For Me

God Religion or Me? Who or what should be considered as most important one when a comparison is done among them. It is difficult, in-fact it is one of the most complex questions to ask and answer at the present time. Definitely, the answer in most cases will be God, sometimes it maybe religion but rarely it will be “Me”. Different people with different background, different believe, different upbringing etc etc etc, will pop up with different answers and I am sure it will be almost impossible to come to any concrete answer to the above question. And frankly speaking even I am not going to answer this question myself! I am not quite the right kind of person to answer complex questions.

Then what am I going to write here? Well I am just going to tell you about what I feel about them and nothing more. Having said that I would like to say "Anything that I mention here are solely my own opinion. I am not here to prove anything to anyone." I believe in “Live and let Live”, believe in what you want to, let others do the same and at the same time respect others believe too. It is very simple, “Give respect, Take respect”. Even the example I give here will be just to prove my point and not to question anyone or hurt anyone. Accept it or reject it but please don’t get hurt.

In this Hub I am going to discuss about my opinion only towards Religion. To know what I think about my believe in God, read my Hub; God Religion and Me: God For Me

I don’t see this question too tough to answer. What is religion? Simply put, it is set of beliefs and practices that is being followed by a community to lead a better life socially. A religion also defines protocols for private life too as the main aim of a religion is to define protocols for a good and healthy life. When I say, by following these protocols one will be able lead a good life I do not mean that all protocols defined in a religion are good and up to the mark. There are a lot of dogmas and superstitions defined too and one must use his/her discretion and sense to follow the rules. By defining a fixed protocol for all in the community, a religion also makes sure that people feel united; this is yet another important purpose of a religion. Human beings have a tendency to feel more for the fellow human being if he/she too follows what he/she does hence, if there were a common thing that is followed by all, then all will feel close and united.

But is religion that simple? Yes, it is but it gets complicated the moment we start pushing too much of concepts with it, especially the concept of god. The logic is, all religion that exist on the face of Earth today are man made (I will come to this in a while as to why do I think so). From time to time different region around the world saw the creation and rise of different religion. They were born out of sheer necessity or because the set of protocols (religion) already being followed weren’t suitable for the people of that region, mentality, time or whatever the reason be. We have always believed in God and hence God became the most important entity in protocols that were defined. Along with other protocols, ways to address and worship God was also defined. Anything that was defined was done keeping God in mind. The concept of God has always been very strong among people hence, followers of a religion started thinking that if you don’t follow the religion then you do not believe in God too because the way one should address and worship God is the way defined in their religion. This particular sentiment made the line separating the believe in God and believe in a religion very thin. Moreover the concept of God itself is very complex which in turn makes the concept of religion in present time even more complex although it is not the case. You will hardly come across an individual who believes in one religion while worships and addresses God in a way done in another religion. At least I have not come across anyone yet.

Yet another reason for the complex looking nature of religion today is its linkage with spiritualism. This is a concept wherein one can control his/her emotions and one who will be able to visualize the world that is free of all bounds. Spiritualism means understanding the real meaning of life and understanding oneself completely. Spiritualism is not based on any religion but still people think that if you are spiritual in nature that means you are a strict follower of a religion. I don’t think this way, one can be spiritual without being associated with any religion at all. We have a tendency to think that a spiritual person has to be some saint like or the one who is in constant devotion to God. Not only this, people even think that if you do not follow their religion then you can never be spiritual.

We have cultivated a habit of making things too complicated. Unless something is too complex we don’t think it is worth anything but the fact is, it is the simple things that carry the greatest secrets of a happy life. On can keep writing volumes on this issue but will just complicate the meaning of religion even more. As I said it is a very simple thing so lets keep it simple.

Yes, each and every religion that we can think about are all man made just like a needle or a space shuttle. It could have been kept simple like a needle but we made it far more complicated then even a space shuttle. Whatever the thing be, I believe that religion is completely man made and it has no connection with God or spiritualism. Lets discuss why do I think like that!

Take anyone from any religion across the globe and ask a simple question “Do you think your religion is the best one? If yes then why?” Take my word the answer will definitely be somewhat like this, “Yes I do believe that that religion I follow is the best because it is the one created by God and if followed properly it will lead you to God. It delivers the correct message from God and that is why it is the best”. If I am to believe this then why did God created so many religions when each one says that there is a single God. So, if there be a single God then why so many different religions were created? Moreover why would God create such a thing which will become a reason for people to fight among themselves? I don’t think it is God’s job!

There is one more reason why I think religion is not the product of God. Take any religion that has ever been in existence, be it modern or primitive. If one digs deep inside to find out the birth of a religion then there will be one thing that will be common among all. A religion will have all those characters that was prevalent at its time of birth at the place it was born. A through study of the characters of a religion and its practices will give us a very good idea of its place of birth. Needle-less to say these religions were created based on the culture of the community and the necessity of time. It was kept in mind the best practices that should be followed by the people of the community.

There are many examples that I can give to support the above point but doing so may be controversial. Hence, if the God were responsible for creation of religion then such a religion would have been universal in nature and it would not have been culture or time dependent. The religion would not have favoured any one set of people nor would the protocols defined have been time dependent.

Knowing these things, it hurts that people kill each other for religion by taking the name of God. It really hurts that people kill his/her fellow being just because they differ in the way they carry out their daily activity. It is all because we people have made such a simple thing so complicated.

To know what I think about my believe in God, read my Hub; God Religion and Me: God For Me

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