Last updated on: April 13, 2008 at 1:49 am
By
Desh Kapoor
1000 Dalits are being reconverted to Hinduism from Christianity. I am sure many Christians would be sad and many Hindus will be happy. Although none of those sad Christians can say how this conversion away from their religion of these far off people will hurt their personal lives and stop their salvation.. and on the other hand, none of the happy Hindus would be able to say how it will help their personal lives and ability to reach Moksha! This is what is sad. Everyone believes in God.. but none knows or is clear why we believe in a God that has become nothing more than a Glorified Restaurant Waiter to us! We keep ordering things and asking "Him" to give us something new everyday.. and if he cannot, then we start cursing Him. To all those who believe in conversion and reconversion - religion is no more than tribal war. Its not about getting to the truth but about increasing the tribe! And for that they will employ any methods! Christian missionaries and Muslim evangelists have been known to strike at the poor and the tribal and use either money or "altruism" to gain in tribe - and believing that such an action helps their chances in the getting salvation. Of course, such nonsense can only be believed by someone who has no clarity on what is God in the first place! For such people God is like this schizophrenic character who is moody, fussy and simply someone afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)! This God has no self esteem but a lot of ego which gets hurt and feel good for the oddest of reasons - how one eats, how one sits, how one talks, how one dresses, how one shaves. No wonder you see enough attempts to bring down Islam also. It will also see its disintegration as have all the various ideologies throughout human history. Same with Christianity.. same with Hinduism and Buddhism. Everything.... only to be replaced by new cages! What will never be affected will be the Truth. Truth is independent of the Religions and preachings. Its up to you whether you are in search of the Truth or just looking to follow some dictates of a person who said something without any context to eternity (whatever may be his/her assertion). So, Truth will be there whether we know it or dont. Very few honest attempts have been made in human history to get to that and pass it down... and even those schools of thought haven't survived long. Ultimately the coming generations will be as much alone in the spiritual journey as were yesterday and as we find ourself today. Jumping in the boxes will not solve anything. Read more