6 posts tagged “religion”
Link: BBC NEWS | Top US evangelist targets Islam.
Outspoken US Christian evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson has accused Muslims of planning world domination, and said some were "satanic".
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
What Pat Robertson is failing to appreciate is that it is the Christianity / Capitalism axis, started in Western Europe and then on to North America, that already exerts 'world domination'.
It is just a case of the haves and have-nots. The have's, over centuries, have done their best to antagonise the rest. Robertson sits on the comfortable side and perhaps a little humility and understanding on his part might produce more amicable results, instead of poking the wasp nest with a small stick.
No doubt Pat Robertson has books to sell and TV shows to push - statements like this only serve to draw attention to himself and his marketing campaign.
An extract from the recension of Gilgamesh by Sinleqiuninni circa. 1300 BC:
Gilgamesh, what you seek you will never find. For when the Gods created Man they let death be his lot, eternal life they withheld. Let your every day be full of joy, love the child that holds your hand, let your wife delight in your embrace, for these alone are the concerns of humanity.
I won't even attempt to recreate the tone in which this piece has been written at The Register. A spade is a spade so why not call it so instead of blandly branding everything out of a misguided attempt to be inclusive and to not offend.
According to the Indian definition Secularism is explained as follows;
a Secular person does not have to be non-religious. He or she can be a devout Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jew, Jain, Buddhist, or Sikh. However, a secular person recognises that each religion is merely one path towards God, and no path is inferior or superior to any other path, as they all lead to the same place. A secular person thus does not disrespect, feel animosity towards, feel threatened by, or look down upon, religions or faiths different from his or her own.
My soul is worth £8954. Which means that 82% of the people I see around me have a purer soul than I. Dang it.
Until one is committed there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans. That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising to one’s favor all manner of unforeseen accidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goëthe
