Religion, Faith, & The Present World

Religion, Faith, & The Present World

Jibran Tahir 

The problem with the present world getting off-track from faith & religion has been a common phenomena. It's getting so prominent now that the same element is being exhibited through the entertainment industry such as movies & TV series. We are not talking about any conspiracy theory here, we are solely focusing upon a category that doesn't believe on a concept of any religion that exists in the world. It is very easy to hate them, judge them, but no one bothers to know the cause of the issue.

The very first common belief with being a non believer is, that whoever wants to enjoy more freedom of life, a life in which, they don't have to worry about being sinful or pious or worry about the concept of heaven or hell. In simple words, it's all about eliminating their guilty conscience, another belief associated with the subject is far more illogical than the previous one mentioned; is that they want to appear "Cool" or it's their way to become a separate entity from the rest of the world. Some say, the cause is materialism, the love of wealth & glitters. While some of these beliefs are illogical but there is some truth to them. 

When you study about the world, the west, the east, everywhere, you will realize that most of the common religions being followed are based on the acts of humanity, peace, justice & belief on a divine force that created the universe. The authenticity of religion is another argument, it is sole belief, which can only be accepted & followed with an individual's own consent & faith but it can not be imposed. While some people reading this already know, & agree with it because it's not a rocket science, it's obvious & totally logical. You follow religion for the sake of the divine force you believe in & not for the sake or fear of a human entity, it comes from the inside. Some may disagree with this opinion but fact is a fact, but the biggest truth is that religion is important, why? I will write about it in my future articles.

I believe that one of the biggest reasons behind people giving up on faith is the fact that, they see the damage & destruction being caused in the name of it, whether it's an underdeveloped world or a developed one, everyone has witnessed unfortunate events caused by extremism & terror in the name of religion now & then, while the modern world targets one specific religion , every religion has been used, even abused for personal gains, for domination & hate against other religions. The ones who were supposed to teach religion & faith has manipulated the entire concept according to their own beliefs & what they want to achieve, they promoted extremism, politics, monopolies, sectarianism, divisions, racism, in the name of religion, our older generation was supposed to preserve religion, rather they exploited the whole concept. The followers blindly believed everything without their own research, passed it onto masses, what was supposed to be the base of unity, faith, humanity & peace became a base of war & terrorism, it's not religion's fault, the concept of faith & religion came long before the world even developed, from that time to this, you can imagine how people can & have used religion to feed their own agendas. Who is the culprit here? Religion, faith, or the humans in charge of delivering religion to masses? The answer is simple, "HUMANS".

The truth is simple & we all know it, you can further research & see for yourself, it's not the religion or faith that turned the world against each other, it's a human error. We as humans failed to follow religion like we were supposed to, we manipulated the concepts of faith & we turned something so pure & positive into a cause of destruction. We used terms like nationality, class, education, color, caste & religion to divide us. 

Religion asks us to respect the safety & well-being of humanity. There are people out there that preach the right way of religion they are responsible to preach, but how to know who's right & who's manipulating? Religion is a peaceful message, it has nothing to do with anything that is considered as medium to gain something worldly, take lives or become a reason of destruction & chaos. Its just a mean to make this world a better place, religion wants us to eliminate all the bad deeds that brings filth in the society, but those eliminations are to be made within ourselves in our characters & educating others the same in a civilized manner & definitely not by eliminating, terrorizing or murdering people.  

 

If I'm clicking your soul I want you to know that not believing in religion is not a solution, this world would have been destroyed a long time ago if religions didn't exist, as for manipulations,  we can always first hand research our religions, or a religion we want to know about, know the rights and wrongs ourselves, study on it, verify it through logic & facts, trust me logic & fact will always be connected. Learn, verify & then apply it on our daily lives and create an example of how an individual from a specific religion is a such a good person, then let it multiply within the same religious masses, if any religion, from it's very origin ever promoted the concept of war or terror, it's artificial so are the ones preaching it.  

Religion & faith makes human, "human & humane" , it's the only way to an individual behaves else we were nothing but mammals that can talk. You can live your life, your way while being a believer or a person of faith, what's declared wrong by the religion, it always has a valid logic behind it, you follow it, its your advantage, you don't, you suffer & its not the religion or some divine force that punishes you, its the result of your own actions.