Re: [mukto-mona] Are some religious people menaces in the society?

S. Chakrabarty: I would not say that religion of Rabindranath (just one example) is a menace.

 

Q. A. Rahman: My guess is you are more familiar with "Religion of Rabindranath" so you do not see it as "Evil". Your view of other religions are only reflects "Your perceptions" of those religion not religion itself. Before you can come up with an educated conclusion, you (Or anyone) needs to have some basic ideas about other religions. Otherwise it would be a guessing game only.

 

Comments from S. Bain: I am sure Mr. Chakrabarty did not mean Brahma religion when he wrote "religion of Rabindranath." He meant "how Rabindranath viewed/practiced religion." Rabindranath was a sensible philosopher. He had his spirituality, which was no dogmatic prescription from the perceived almighty, who had to be pleased. His prayer to his God was like "shshu jemom ma'ke, namer neshay dake; bolte pare shei sukhete ma'er nam se bole" ("calling you like how a child calls his mother; he is happy to be able to talk, and saying 'mother' is what gives him most pleasure). There is no bootlicking of the most supreme power here; there is no greed of getting favors from the one who is most powerful; there is no nonsense of helping the almighty spread his religion on earth. (Imagine, how ridiculous it is that millions of people think that their almighty has asked them to help in establishing his rule here on earth! These millions of idiots do not realize that they are actually downgrading their almighty (making him less than almighty) when they are thinking of helping him!)

 

Let me add that, aside from great philosophers like Rabindranath, there are actually sensible regular people with spirituality who do not believe in the nonsense parts of their forefaters' religions; although they officially did not give up their inherited religious identity.

 

Sukhamaya Bain  

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