It seems, many of my acquaintances are disappointed with my conduct, my writing, my so called Liberal attitude. This is probably the first and last time I am writing on this topic.
I was born and brought up in Hyderabad for the first 15 years of my life, a city with half population Hindus, and half Muslims. There was a time when I have been to a mosque to perform namaz, there was a time when I would visit my a Muslim guy's home at every Eid, to wish him. He would work at my dad's office, I am not sure but I don't think any of you would step anywhere in the locality, and his house. Sewaiyan at Eid was quite common a dish to have . We visited the Ajmer Dargah with our family, we never thought there was anything wrong in it, for my parent's are quite liberal in these matters. I went to the extent that I thought , I should atleast keep one roza in a year, but looking at how most of people break the roza, and eat sometimes the entire night, while just reversing the chores to be done for day-night, it didn't feel encouraging enough, and the idea of fasting on ekadashi, with fruit diet only made more sense. For if this is not enough, I have been to sunday church prayer, visited churches, wished everyone Merry Christmas( ofc eco friendly , they use trees after all).
The whole point is this, 21 years of my life, very committed to the idea of Secularism, All Religions are the Same(ARSE), there's nothing wrong on the other side. I have tried being " so called Secular", it doesn't work!
For when I wished my Muslim Carpenter on Eid last year, there was no response, for it is now forbidden to respond with an Eid Mubarak to a kaffir, a non-believer, a dumb guy who worhsips various Idols. For I have seen cases, where my house maid, has been converted to Christianity, at the price of being fed food everyday. Leave this alone, one of the most famous colleges in India, Christ, indulges in such activities . For it is not about faith, it is about numbers, at what cost, at the cost of destroying a vibrant culture, at the cost of devolution of humanity, with telling people you don't have to work, we will feed you for free, if you come into our faith. I can give some more examples, but I think these are enough to make my point clear.
I have made a point that for whatsoever reason, I am not going to enter any of these places of worship again, not in Bharat, its a different thing if I am visiting Jerusalem, Bethlehem , but not in India! For its not about respecting their faith, it about what they promote at the end of the day. At the end of the day, if you have the arrogance that we are second grade human beings, and need to be converted at whatsoever cost, and save the non-believer's from the Judgement day, establish Pure land and all B.S. Then you don't deserve the recognition of being an equal faith or whatever.
When I look back at all this, there's only one problem Intellectual Integrity, when you are committed to an outcome, when you know what you are going to get in heaven, when you storngly believe that this is the only way, you either lack the integrity to accept I don't know, or more so often the case is that you are indoctrinated since childhood, and have lost the capability to question.
Asking questions, no matter who the authority is, no matter how long the history has been, the ability to use you rationale, and then have the Integrity to accept something completely different.
But alas, it is a very rare quality which only few men/women posses. A quick example is Mr Devvdutt Pattnaik, he has written almost 40 odd books, which includes Hindu Mythology, but after this wonderful career, if someone points out that your translation of Sanskrit to English itself has errors, leave alone interpretation , then do you have the Integrity to accept your mistake and scrap 20 years of your illustrious work? Of course not.
If it is the case with one person, how do we expect the same from religions that have been here for 1500-2000 years?
Hindu religion being different, because of its ability to question, introspect has been the only Culture in the world, which keeps a dynamic check on its biases with the fundamentals still on and traditions alive!
P.S. I am not here to convince people which is better, I am stating my stance on the topic, I don't intend to sound very pleasing nor very arrogant, I don't care about your opinion ,unless they have the filter of Intellectual Reasoning, common sense or I value the relationship. Most likely I don't value most of your opinions, and in any case, if I would, I keep it to 2 cents.
There are two stages in a person's life , Vada when you are in the debate mode, when you question and try to understand things around you. I have thankfully passed through my stage of Vada, though not completely established in my Siddhanta, I do not wish to engage in any kind of Vada or Samvada, unless the above conditions are met.
I really hope that people are allowed their right to engage in Vada, and hopefully make it to Siddhanta.
Yes it sounds very arrogant, but it is my humble request, unfriend me and save me from the unnecessary bullshit, for time is precious and life is short to be wasted in all this anymore, for 21 years is a good amount of time.
And if all this still flies above your head, don't worry then a block from my side is inevitable, no matter how closely I have known you till now.
I was born and brought up in Hyderabad for the first 15 years of my life, a city with half population Hindus, and half Muslims. There was a time when I have been to a mosque to perform namaz, there was a time when I would visit my a Muslim guy's home at every Eid, to wish him. He would work at my dad's office, I am not sure but I don't think any of you would step anywhere in the locality, and his house. Sewaiyan at Eid was quite common a dish to have . We visited the Ajmer Dargah with our family, we never thought there was anything wrong in it, for my parent's are quite liberal in these matters. I went to the extent that I thought , I should atleast keep one roza in a year, but looking at how most of people break the roza, and eat sometimes the entire night, while just reversing the chores to be done for day-night, it didn't feel encouraging enough, and the idea of fasting on ekadashi, with fruit diet only made more sense. For if this is not enough, I have been to sunday church prayer, visited churches, wished everyone Merry Christmas( ofc eco friendly , they use trees after all).
The whole point is this, 21 years of my life, very committed to the idea of Secularism, All Religions are the Same(ARSE), there's nothing wrong on the other side. I have tried being " so called Secular", it doesn't work!
For when I wished my Muslim Carpenter on Eid last year, there was no response, for it is now forbidden to respond with an Eid Mubarak to a kaffir, a non-believer, a dumb guy who worhsips various Idols. For I have seen cases, where my house maid, has been converted to Christianity, at the price of being fed food everyday. Leave this alone, one of the most famous colleges in India, Christ, indulges in such activities . For it is not about faith, it is about numbers, at what cost, at the cost of destroying a vibrant culture, at the cost of devolution of humanity, with telling people you don't have to work, we will feed you for free, if you come into our faith. I can give some more examples, but I think these are enough to make my point clear.
I have made a point that for whatsoever reason, I am not going to enter any of these places of worship again, not in Bharat, its a different thing if I am visiting Jerusalem, Bethlehem , but not in India! For its not about respecting their faith, it about what they promote at the end of the day. At the end of the day, if you have the arrogance that we are second grade human beings, and need to be converted at whatsoever cost, and save the non-believer's from the Judgement day, establish Pure land and all B.S. Then you don't deserve the recognition of being an equal faith or whatever.
When I look back at all this, there's only one problem Intellectual Integrity, when you are committed to an outcome, when you know what you are going to get in heaven, when you storngly believe that this is the only way, you either lack the integrity to accept I don't know, or more so often the case is that you are indoctrinated since childhood, and have lost the capability to question.
Asking questions, no matter who the authority is, no matter how long the history has been, the ability to use you rationale, and then have the Integrity to accept something completely different.
But alas, it is a very rare quality which only few men/women posses. A quick example is Mr Devvdutt Pattnaik, he has written almost 40 odd books, which includes Hindu Mythology, but after this wonderful career, if someone points out that your translation of Sanskrit to English itself has errors, leave alone interpretation , then do you have the Integrity to accept your mistake and scrap 20 years of your illustrious work? Of course not.
If it is the case with one person, how do we expect the same from religions that have been here for 1500-2000 years?
Hindu religion being different, because of its ability to question, introspect has been the only Culture in the world, which keeps a dynamic check on its biases with the fundamentals still on and traditions alive!
P.S. I am not here to convince people which is better, I am stating my stance on the topic, I don't intend to sound very pleasing nor very arrogant, I don't care about your opinion ,unless they have the filter of Intellectual Reasoning, common sense or I value the relationship. Most likely I don't value most of your opinions, and in any case, if I would, I keep it to 2 cents.
There are two stages in a person's life , Vada when you are in the debate mode, when you question and try to understand things around you. I have thankfully passed through my stage of Vada, though not completely established in my Siddhanta, I do not wish to engage in any kind of Vada or Samvada, unless the above conditions are met.
I really hope that people are allowed their right to engage in Vada, and hopefully make it to Siddhanta.
Yes it sounds very arrogant, but it is my humble request, unfriend me and save me from the unnecessary bullshit, for time is precious and life is short to be wasted in all this anymore, for 21 years is a good amount of time.
And if all this still flies above your head, don't worry then a block from my side is inevitable, no matter how closely I have known you till now.
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