You might like or dislike, religion is a most important aspect in the life of billions of people. Unfortunately, this is also the most widely exploited tool to ignite hatred between different sects for political/personal gains. People who are being exploited don't recognize that they are being exploited. On the contrary, they are absolutely sure that what they believe is true and everything else is false. Believe me, none of these people has any clue of why their belief system is true and other belief systems are false.
We can also find one common observation that these people(irrespective of which religion they belong) claim that their religion teaches peace. But, these are the same people who gets irritated and angry if anyone asks them questions. The real reason they gets angry is because they can't answer rational questions. But, the reason they claim for their anger is due to the insult caused to their belief. While this anger is vented verbally by most people. The stupidest of this lot takes this to another level and attacks physically. These people are termed as either extremists or terrorists.
While science gives rational explanation and gives reason, religion doesn't always do that. As having a rational explanation is not always possible (especially with the limited knowledge available in ancient world), people turn towards religion, which is the other option available. But, the explanation and suggestion given by religion won't solve the issue they are facing. For that, they turn towards religion again. Then they try to come up with even ridiculous explanations.
So, is religion totally bad? I don't agree with that. As someone who believes in science, I don't believe in all the aspects of religion. But, I do believe that religion fills the void that science is not able to fill till now. Here, I am not talking about how religion defined God/Creator. I am talking about the philosophical aspect of the religion. Religion, if used properly will bring peace to the mind.
What people understood during ancient times is passed as common knowledge while what they don't understand is passed as miracle of God. For example, a baby should be fed with mothers milk is common knowledge. But, how milk reaches a mothers breasts is a miracle by God. This kept people of that region away from worrying unnecessarily and focus on their tasks. But, the problem started to happen when people of different regions who believe in different Gods meet and try to prove their point to the other. Which led to many brutal wars in the past. It might be Crusades or it might be Muslim conquests of India.
In my view, things will be better if religion is removed from the social life and is only confined to personal life of a person. This way, there will be less conflicts when people from different backgrounds meet as part of their daily duties. Also, a person can gain peace of mind using the wonderful scriptures of his/her religion. I know that it is lot difficult to follow this then saying.
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