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GOD, MAN, UNIVERSE AND RELIGION

Being a born Christian what tortures me most is my religion. I can't just understand the relevance of multiple religions in this world. If the ultimate aim of the religion is to establish the relation between man and God, why should there be hundreds of religions in this world? Why should there be mediators between God and man, viz., saints and prophets, to whom we pray and solicite for their help? What is heaven? What does the Creator expect from us, work or worship? Can God descend to this insignificant planet, live like a man, bear all tortures and have an ignominous death to save the humanity? What is the lot of other creatures? Do they have heaven and hell like us? How silly and insignificant is the Earth and  Man when compared to  the unlimited Universe? Aren't religions exploiting this ignorance of man with regard to the metaphysical things? Are the religious leaders as exemplary and repesentative like Christ?

These are the questions which haunt me  and taunt me to poetry.

 

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K. V. DOMINIC EDITOR INDIAN

K. V. DOMINIC EDITOR INDIAN JOURNAL OF POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES PG DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH NEWMAN COLLEGE THODUPUZHA EAST P.O. KERALA, INDIA PIN CODE: 685585

Thank you dear friend, Anand for your very relevant comment on religion. You never face a conflict like me just because of the reason that you are not a Christian. The conflict comes to me since I am born and brought up as a Christian who love and uphold the noble Indian or Hindu philosophy and values. Moreover I live and work amidst educated Christian people and religious leaders who are fanatic to Christianity. As you know Christianity is very narrow when compared to Hindusim. It is my duty to inculcate the noble Indian values to my students, but I have many barriers. Hence the conflict.
K. V. Dominic

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good article

Dear sir, read your article which is written with profound thinking. I also went through your other writings available online. Thats simply readable.