God is a very interesting topic and I should say, an unending and an arguably impossible topic to bring people to a consensus on.
But there are some important points related to the concept:
1. First up, God is a powerful thing/being to which/whom you can turn to when you can't control something.
In olden times(really olden times) the king was either a God or a messenger of God...for reasons which were part of the above statement. God is a concept, and can be applied to living things as well as non-living things. Hence the innumerable number of Gods in the world.
2. Every religion needs money and power.(in the human world)
How will you build temples, mosques, churches without it? You donate to the temple to keep your faith alive in this world full of people and powers who want to suppress your faith and impose theirs on you. History has numerous examples of powerless faiths being wiped out and converted to powerful ones. Even in this advanced age(really?), this is a big fear of a large number of people around the world. Even in India there are multiple tribal faiths which are facing being wiped out because of conversions. So your God needs money and offerings. The priest/father/mullah will tell you this in one way or the other.
3. Every religion needs proofs of God's miracles. Without those proofs the religion cannot withstand the questioning of another religion. The proofs could be an epic like Ramayana, or the Quran or Bible, or architectural, like buildings or natural formations(hills, caves, lakes etc) with a believable story about the origins of the proof. It could also be an event marked in history. like the eruption of a dormant volcano, death of a tyrant who might have targeted people of a particular faith.
4. Every religion needs to show an incentive to the follower to believe in it. This is the reason why every religion markets that a true believer in its faith has a great afterlife and a non-believer has hell waiting for him. It can be understood as a) follower acquisition(incentive, heaven etc) and then, b) follower retention.(fear of going to hell, if you do not believe).
5. Every religion needs highly confident/intelligent marketing manager(s) to propagate the faith and convince new members to join in.Mullahs, Fathers, Nuns, priests come under this category.
If I decide to start a new religion, I need to take care of points 3, 4 and 5 very well. Point 2 will follow and point 1 can be proved for my God through the judicious use of point 2 and 3.
From an atheist's point of view all major religions have followed these rules very well. He believes there is no truth in the claims of these religions because he can always point out one or the other flaws that cannot be completely explained by them.
An inquisitive true believer asks questions too, but only within the purview of the religion he follows. For questions that do not have clear enough answers he supposes that he is not "deserving" enough to "get" the answer, and hence approaches the religious manuscripts or the preachers/gurus/mullahs/fathers.
If the religion is very well developed/framed, most of these un-answerable questions will dissolve into God, someone who can do anything and everything and should not be questioned.
Even with this outlook of religion, faith and God, I still follow a particular religion and its practices. Why?
Because religion is not just about God. It's about how to live my life without thinking too much about the whys of this world. The world is here to experience and engage it and not to keep thinking why.
Yeah.
And frankly, who cares about the God?
But there are some important points related to the concept:
1. First up, God is a powerful thing/being to which/whom you can turn to when you can't control something.
In olden times(really olden times) the king was either a God or a messenger of God...for reasons which were part of the above statement. God is a concept, and can be applied to living things as well as non-living things. Hence the innumerable number of Gods in the world.
2. Every religion needs money and power.(in the human world)
How will you build temples, mosques, churches without it? You donate to the temple to keep your faith alive in this world full of people and powers who want to suppress your faith and impose theirs on you. History has numerous examples of powerless faiths being wiped out and converted to powerful ones. Even in this advanced age(really?), this is a big fear of a large number of people around the world. Even in India there are multiple tribal faiths which are facing being wiped out because of conversions. So your God needs money and offerings. The priest/father/mullah will tell you this in one way or the other.
3. Every religion needs proofs of God's miracles. Without those proofs the religion cannot withstand the questioning of another religion. The proofs could be an epic like Ramayana, or the Quran or Bible, or architectural, like buildings or natural formations(hills, caves, lakes etc) with a believable story about the origins of the proof. It could also be an event marked in history. like the eruption of a dormant volcano, death of a tyrant who might have targeted people of a particular faith.
4. Every religion needs to show an incentive to the follower to believe in it. This is the reason why every religion markets that a true believer in its faith has a great afterlife and a non-believer has hell waiting for him. It can be understood as a) follower acquisition(incentive, heaven etc) and then, b) follower retention.(fear of going to hell, if you do not believe).
5. Every religion needs highly confident/intelligent marketing manager(s) to propagate the faith and convince new members to join in.Mullahs, Fathers, Nuns, priests come under this category.
If I decide to start a new religion, I need to take care of points 3, 4 and 5 very well. Point 2 will follow and point 1 can be proved for my God through the judicious use of point 2 and 3.
From an atheist's point of view all major religions have followed these rules very well. He believes there is no truth in the claims of these religions because he can always point out one or the other flaws that cannot be completely explained by them.
An inquisitive true believer asks questions too, but only within the purview of the religion he follows. For questions that do not have clear enough answers he supposes that he is not "deserving" enough to "get" the answer, and hence approaches the religious manuscripts or the preachers/gurus/mullahs/fathers.
If the religion is very well developed/framed, most of these un-answerable questions will dissolve into God, someone who can do anything and everything and should not be questioned.
Even with this outlook of religion, faith and God, I still follow a particular religion and its practices. Why?
Because religion is not just about God. It's about how to live my life without thinking too much about the whys of this world. The world is here to experience and engage it and not to keep thinking why.
Yeah.
And frankly, who cares about the God?
6 comments:
Hi I have uploded the xml, paid the amount and took an appointment also. After taking the print of the application I noticed that the address I gave in the application has one street name less than the proof I have.
Can i update in the psk itself while doing the verification?
@mavillapalli bharat yes you can. No problems.
hi i submit application through online paid and fixed appointment on sure name i gave it correctiy but i made mistake in parents details(made mistake on my dads name) spelling mistake can i correct it on psk verification
I have marked no in non ecr category.. what should I do to edit this information..I am presently doing graduation..so what should I mark in non-ecr category?.. if it is yes then what are the further procedures to edit this information in applicaton form?
Hi Sir,
I have recently applied for passport and my application status showing as police verification was not clear.
I came to know my father first name was not matching with my 10 class certificate.
If i submit affidavit form will police verification happen again?.
Hi ,
I have filled my frnd passport form and by mistakly i filled his village address rather then his residential address of mumbai and everything was done a police verfication in village and that time came to know about the mistake they said that its fyn and you have to do one more verification in mumbai bt nw receive the mail that police have submitt adverse report for the address and came to know that 5k penalty need to pay please help me out if there is anothet procedure and i read that if i keep the application on hold for more than yr so file will be close and i can reapply bt do i need to pay that 5k at bt the time of reapply please reply
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