| "Did God create all these religions?" Doesn’t this | | | | spoiling his name, by fighting for our own selfish |
| sound a rather unusual question? But its something, | | | | needs? So does God want so many religions? |
| which has kept me, busy for quite sometime now. | | | | That’s one aspect of this debate. The second |
| If there’s only one God why do we have so | | | | one is about marriages. We see the amount of |
| many religions! | | | | problems created when two people of two different |
| Doesn’t the word religion invoke a sense of | | | | communities unite in matrimony. We hear everyday |
| unity between a particular community, hatred | | | | how newly wedded couples are slaughtered because |
| towards another, misunderstandings and discrimination | | | | they wandered out of their communities! The |
| between the society as a whole? So do we really | | | | government does encourage inter religious, inter |
| need a religion? | | | | caste marriages, but in vain. When we proudly |
| Well, this question has say two answers, many may | | | | proclaim, God is one and all are equal, why do we |
| say YES, few others NO. But let’s just discuss | | | | create a big fuss about these marriages? Is marriage |
| about this and then come to a conclusion. | | | | a unification of two souls or a contract! |
| On Christmas eve, on Ramzan or any other festival | | | | Are the bride and the groom going to live together |
| for that matter, people hug each other, exchange | | | | of their parents? |
| gifts, dance, sing and so on. All this only shows one | | | | Aren’t we creating all problems unnecessarily, |
| thing, people unite and celebrate that occasion as one | | | | and thus spoiling God’s name? |
| family. What unites them? Their religion ofcourse! | | | | SO DID GOD CREATE RELIGIONS? AND DO WE |
| Doesn’t it look great? | | | | NEED THEM? |
| On the other hand, we see extremists especially | | | | Well I say, we do not need any religions, if the basics |
| Islamic, using religion as a tool to create differences | | | | of all religions-"Love one another"aren’t followed. |
| among people, resulting in conflicts. Why go far | | | | If we can follow these basics, then I think we need |
| away, we can see inter religious groups disrupting | | | | not even worship God, because He will be very much |
| peace and creating a lot of tension, very often. If | | | | pleased with our behaviour and attitude. Religions |
| we go to Great Britain we had the Irish (the | | | | were basically created not to divide people into |
| Catholics) and the English (the Anglicans) fighting since | | | | groups and make them fight! But instead to make |
| a really long time. And then we have Darfur, where | | | | them realise that there is a supreme power (love) |
| there is ethnic cleansing on the high. The list is | | | | and to teach them to love one another as they love |
| endless. This fight in the name of religion is going on | | | | themselves. So I appeal to all people, of all religions to |
| everywhere on earth, right from your own | | | | stop discriminating and fighting in the name of religion, |
| neighbourhood. | | | | but instead to unite and make this earth a true |
| But if we all say, " THERE’S ONLY ONE GOD", | | | | heave for everyone. Lets make this world a better |
| then for whom are we fighting for? Or are we just | | | | place for you, everyone and me. |