Religion has no religion

Aamir Khan's PK could not have come at a more appropriate time. Religious Conversions, forced and voluntary, are the talk of the town in India. Many Ghara Waapasee programs are being organized in several parts of the country. There are critics and supporters alike for these events. Religion has once again become something that creates division rather than removing it. And Aamir tells us that he doesn't know how to select the most appropriate religion for himself. And I fully support him. Imagine yourself being an alien landing in India and discovering that you cannot get any thing done without belonging to a religion. PK brought forth this dilemma in very entertaining way.

I wonder whether religion created us or we created the religion. The concept of religion has gone all wrong. Yes, I am not any authority to define religions and none of you need to agree to that. Yet, I see a strong need to put forth my idea. When PK learns that GOD in different religion has different fashion, people following different religion have different fashion, some GOD drinks wine and some abhors it, women in some religions wear white on finding a husband and some wear it on losing the husband, and the list goes on. What a complex phenomenon. Is this really what religion means? Complexity, untouchability, non-tolerance, murder and hatred?

If you do a certain thing, why do you do that? Either you believe it to be useful for you or somebody or you believe it to be convenient and comfortable to do. You will seldom do something which does not qualify as above. So, if your religion promotes something untoward like murder, will you do it? Not until you really want to kill somebody. And if you have decided to pull the trigger, will you not do it because your religion does not allow that? So, my dear friends, it all boils down to interpretation, convenience and belief.

Managers of GOD!!! I liked that term very much and PK certainly makes a mark there. It it their interpretation that we often blindly follow and the result is prolonged oppression and failure of objective. They continue to make wrong phone calls to GOD and give us misleading directions. They enforce on us, in the name of the religion, what they see best for themselves. And we writhe in pain with the long-term consequences of these corrupted preachings.

Religion for me is a time-tested, cordial, natural pattern of life. If you are looking for day-to-day or futuristic solutions to real-life problems, most often than not your chosen religion should help you get it. You must make your own choice of following a religion. I see no point in deciding it for you at your birth. When you are a grown-up, your religion should also grow up if you think so. And, follow your religion without contradicting or demeaning any other religion.

In today's world, religion has turned out to be the most dangerous scourge crippling our planet. What is supposed to be the preserver and comforter of life in any form is fast turning into its deadliest enemy. Banish any single religion and absorb good things from all sources and then declare that to be your own religion. Hate and anger are the worst qualities of human character and your religion must not contribute towards propelling them.