Likes and Don’t-quite-likes

I like ISLAM for its idea of compulsory fasting once a year.  This practical action really provides a very humbling experience, especially for the rich Muslims, for it gives them a sense of understanding of the  physical discomfort of hunger faced by people who are not so blessed.   For the faithful who are serious with fasting I have no doubt in my mind that they will be closer to their god and they will become better human beings.

I don’t-quite-like ISLAM for its  various implications on the superiority of Male over Female and for its heavenly reward system which seems to be designed for a particular sex.  There seems to be some violation of human rights in today’s language but perhaps in those days it was necessary to protect the weaker sex.

I like CHRISTIANITY for its wide range of inspirational and catchy hymns and tunes.  This seems to me the selling point of the religion.  Comparing the songs from different faiths,  and the range of emotions Christian songs are able to evoke, it is no wonder that many people young and old are magnetised and attracted into the religion, dare i say hypnotised to follow its teachings!

I don’t-quite-like  CHRISTIANITY for its hypocritical portrayal of god as pure love and forgiveness.  In reality the disparity between the terrorism invoked by their founding fathers, on other races (in the name of their god and promised land!)  is simply too much.  Blood has long memories.  That is why to this day, there is a huge divide between the faith and certain other faiths…

I like BUDDHISM as i think it really is a peaceful religion with no blood written in its history.  Some say that Buddhism is a philosophy and not religion.  So anyway this philosophy or religion has never led to any territorial acquisitions in any way and for me this really means something.

I don’t-quite-like BUDDHISM for its complex chantings, incense, huge idol representations which gives me a rather eerie, frightful and uneasy feeling.  Perhaps some day i will understand it but it’s not a very attractive path to traverse (for me).

And,  HINDUISM .  Well i like the concept of re-incarnation, the cyclical behaviour of many things in nature really make the proposition of re-incarnation a very credible one.  I also like  the idea of not killing animals and of eating vegetables, it is very scientific and healthy proposition.

And.. I don’t-quite-like HINDUISM as it seems incongrous and awkward to pray to figurines of animals and strange beings with several limbs …    

It seems to me entirely possible to amalgamate the best of all religions into a new religion and get people motivated with a new meaning to life..  But then one has to travel back through time to publicise it, since without the benefit of hundreds or thousands of years of history nobody would listen to you.

In conclusion i think that TOLERANCE IS THE GREATEST VIRTUE TO BE LEARNT FROM ANY RELIGION.  LIVE AND LET LIVE, LET US NOT THROW BRICKS AT EACH OTHER’S HOUSES.

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