GOD AND RELIGION

My blog on questioning ram seems to have hurt some religious sentiments. It has been in ourminds for so long that anything that remotely questions the established doctrines is bound to be viewed with suspicion and caution. I feel that all religions have built in safety mechanisms that discourage any debate or any hint of dissidence. Many religions want god to be prayed in a certain way, called a certain name, they want certain procedures to be followed. We are made to believe in heaven and hell, swarg and nark, jannat and whatever. I would like to quote the famous urdu shayar Mirza Ghalib
“humko maloom hai jannat ki haqueeqat lekindil ke khush rakhne ko ghalib ye khayal accha hai” All religions think they are the best and supreme. People following the religion too unconsciouslythink the same. We all have a built in superiority complex. For example we all think our regional lineage is the best. Great thinkers and philosophers thought a lot about life, death, religion and god and wrote about it, it was their hardcore followers that refused to apply any further thinkingand any reference that is even an iota different from the original writings or popular beliefs is still considered blasphemous. This idea of superiority of race or religion can be disastrous. Hitlerwas convinced of the superiority of the Aryan race. Many religions still consider themselves to be supreme, no questions can be asked, no logic can be applied, we are forced to believe what was written or believed hundreds or even thousands of years ago, when mortals or even fictionalcharacters were considered as gods.I am not against the preachings of the great minds, they show us true values of life, but we all have the right to apply our minds in the light of what we know, to accept what we think is rightand more importantly to reject what we think was originally wrong or has lost relevance in the modern world.My own humble thoughts are as follows. I have tried to put in some logic into it, but that according to those who know me is not my strongest point. So be prepared to be confused.Ø What we don’t know is god.Ø The more we know, the more we know what we don’t know.So, the more knowledge we gain, we come to know how little we know of what we need to know. We cant survive without god. All our logic and science goes for a tailspin if we don’t assume that there is an unknown so great, that we cant even comprehend it. We are so insignificant in this universe, nobody knows it better than a space scientist. The deeper we go into any subject, it becomes clear how little we know. There are facts and laws of science, there is a certain logic and set of rules that god has set, we do know a lot of them, that’s why I can type my ideas and all of you can see in all corners of the world, but what we don’t know is so much that it is beyond our imagination and capabilities. Talking in corporate terms, its time we think out of the box.Do send in your comments, and wait for my ideas on astrology, kundalis, mahurats, wearing different stones on rings, pendants etc. Any guesses.