Most people in India are religious. But it has not brought them true happiness or prosperity. The reason is that no religion in the world has been able to uplift people. Each religion in the world holds onto one or two points and tells it's followers to follow it. They talk about some rituals that do not really have any benefits. If you see the number of people doing rituals and then follow them up to know what they gained, you will see a significant number of them have no change in their lives after that. It is the weak minded people that cling to such rituals that has been passed on from one generation to another and blindly followed without any thoughts on it. Sad.
In fact, such an attitude only brings forth in the world behaviors that are harmful. It brings about inter-religious fights and upsets the world peace. People are tortured in the name of religion and face hardships due to it. People start using these festivals and rituals to show off their wealth and status. It is a big display session with no benefit to anyone. At the end of the day, everyone has to die. And it is not necessary that people who are religious will have a smooth end to their life.
The only people who benefit from propogating religion are politicians and religious leaders. The politicians use religion to divide people and stay in power. And religious heads use it to dominate and gather wealth. That is why most Hindu temples in India and the world are so rich. They donate only a fraction of what they get and the rest is for them. But only weak-minded people fall prey to these fraudulent tactics of politicians and religious heads. But unfortunately, such weak-minded people are a lot in the world and in India.
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Whatever is written in holy books is a thing of the past. There has been a lot of changes in society since then and people are not adapting well to the changes because religion is holding them back. Moreover, world cannot run on spirituality alone. Science is an important part of life today and people have to start looking at things from a scientific angle and not just with a spiritual eye.
Moreover, most major religions of the world have anti-women principles and propagate it. Women's voice is not heard and suppressed. If a religion does not give equal status to 50% of its population, it is worthless.
So think about adopting the religion of 'humanity' with the motto of 'justice' for all. Divide the world people into good and bad and not into yours and mine. In Uttarakhand, India they talk about 'bhai bhandu' (brothers) even if the bhai bhandu are criminals or rapists. Absolutely wrong thinking and way of looking at things. Stop it and embrace all that is good in the world with no differentiation or discrimination. World is ours created by the creator and boundaries are man-made. Disown the latter for the former and bring true happiness for everyone.
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