I very often think, how I became an atheist. Right from my boyhood I puzzled with the moral lessons. I was told that the bible is the fountain head of all knowledge. If so why it is also not being taught in schools. Can I ignore the evolutionary theory in the answer sheet of the exam. If I want to pass the exam I have to depend on science, I cannot depend on the bible. If I want a job, food and everything I have to depend on science. Then why should I follow the bible? There is a common faith, religion gives peace of mind and world peace. If only there is mind there can be peace. How is it sustained? Because of body, because of food. Man has to work hard. Evolution is a long process, once we were kadodi-dwellers of jungle, then we became nadodi-villagers,doing agriculture, then became karodi-mechanisation and industrialization and at last we reach IT,BTage.Where is the role of religion for making us to the present position? Almost all rebellions, fights, wars throughout the world are due to religious reasons. The reformation that took place in Europe after renaissance shows the fight between the Pop and common people The three important historic movements viz renaissance, reformation and industrial revolution paved way to make the world to an ultramodern one. All these movements were against religion. All the religions are claiming that their Gods or Goddesses are the redeemers. According to Christianity Lord Jesus accepted the death to wash away the sin of human being. Sin causes the death. No sin has so far been washed away, because all are dying. I am writing this on the very Xmas day of 2011.In Nigeria a church in which Xmas prayers were going on, was bombed,40 killed. What is going on in Iraq, the mosque where prayers are going on are being bombed, hunbreds are dying. Muslims are killing xians, Xians are killing muslims.Where is the so called peace?
What is happening in Kerala in the name god?In1936 there were 23000 private temples and 400 govt.temples.The temple entry proclamation was applicable only to govt. temples. Consequent on the renaissance movements the number of such temples had come down and the no.of schools, hospitals gone up. But now it is going back.The superstitious belief is all pervading, every day no.of temples are increasing. We are first in the history brought out the gimmick behind the makrajyothy at Ponnambalamed in1982.Our cadres went to Ponnambalamed with camera and took photos of liting light in a vessel and lifting up by an employee of Electricity board. The photo was exhibited in the stall of All India exhibition at Trivandrum.But nobody believed and dared look on it. Now after a lapse of 20 years the Devaswom board agreed that it is a man made one and no divinity. This pilgrimage is the main reason for spreading contagious diseases in Kottayam,Pathanamthitta,and Allapusha area. Human excrete is heaped on the banks Pamba river, even the trees on the shores were dried. About 2 years back Vice chancellor of Gandhi University had published an article in Mathrubhoomi weekly explaining the pernicious consequenses with color photos of the hills of wastes. The water in the holy river is full of dangerous bacteria. Why nobody is not thinking about this as it is detrimental to human existence.Tonnes of coconuts are burnt there,it is claiming that it will purify the atmosphere. What a wonderful discovery! Now a days all are talking about master plans for Padmanabha swami temple,Attukal temple,Sabarimalatemple etc. What a developmental activity! In kerala 10 to 15 people are dying every day due to accident in roads only. Many are dying in lakes,rivers and in sea. Why is it not a concern of the polititions,officials or religious emancipaters?Can we solve it with poojas or offering or pongala?Ministers are arranging funerals as state ceremony and giving cheque of lakhs and lakhs of rupees to the relatives of the victims. Why don't we have master plans for solving the grave problems? We don't have leaders or politicians or writers or reformers to 'declare loudly, the king is with out dress’. We were having very spectacular reformers to call a spade a spade. Now we do have sycophants and disguised leaders terribly selfish and corrupt. This is the curse of us. People are having blind faith. The secular govt.are encouraging this. Now high tech temples are made in the encroached govt.land,while supreme court verdict is there to evict such religious centers. This does not mean that one should not have faith in supernatural powers or in god, if he wanted to have it. He must have, it is his birth right and nobody can challenge. But it should be borne in mind that such faith is purely personnel and let it be in the house only. When it is coming out of the house, it becomes public, making hindrance to others. This makes problems and tensions
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