How we define Religious Tolerance?
I guess, religious tolerance is to allow other religions to co-exist and respect that they have their own right to follow their own faith.
If this is so, why some religions are converting the rest of the world to itself? Please do not get emotional, lets look at this at a very rational way.
If we think one religion is very great, that you feel is the best one to follow, would it not automatically observe people to it?
If this is considered true why do we need conversions?
I feel, the necessity of conversion should have existed when the religion started(evolved), where you would have very few people following it. So, feeling insecure that it might get destroyed, we convert others to it and prevent our religion from extinction.
Lets take the case of Christianity:
Since christianity is the major religion followed by the entire world why would we need to convert others into christianity, if others feel it(Christianity) is good they would automatically start following ours(Christianity) and become a christian!
Why do we still have the same fear to get all others converted! Why huge machineries with so much funding to make this world a christian world.
Imagine a monolithick world of single religion ! Would it not be boring! When we have no choice? I would definetly not prefer it!
I am pained to see the bakbone less Hindus are getting easily converted to christianity for money! (Yes, some missonies offer money if some one gets converted to their religion and this happens in India).
I feel very bad that at some time we would never have any choice to follow a different faith except christianity.
How do you feel in such a monolithic world!
2 comments
Hiren says:
August 6, 2006 at 4:49 pm (UTC 0 )
“Religions are many, religion is one”. Organized religion has become a vested interest and hense the conversions and the clashes. Humanity should be the only religion. If you are really concerned read the poem on my published works on the right on my blog.
Sangeetha says:
September 16, 2006 at 2:17 pm (UTC 0 )
When we dwell history, we will find just a common phenomenon in all civilizations, worship of nature. As time passed by we started worshiping God in different forms as son of God, prophet of God or Avataar of one supreme being. Christians or Muslims convert others because religion is not a way of life for them but it is an institution. We hindus believe that religion is a way of life. Where as Christians or Muslims are subsets of a superset Hinduism. Their motive is to have religious army set all over. In history, we hindus had never had religious wars. We had several preachers whom we followed. Whereas Christians or Muslims have had several religious wars and to strengthen each sect they need more people. The only way is to convert Hindus specifically because we are the most divided clan. They take advantage of our social and economic situations. A monolithic world can exist only when there is thirst for power. The moe man discovered and invented his other problems grew in multitudes. We hindus have only 4 Vedas out of which we practice 3 Vedas. Why cannot we discard idol worship and just seek references to our Vedas? That will help us to transcend from our physical world.