The enigma of religion
I always thought of religion as a set of rules to follow for one's mental and spiritual well-being..It doesn't matter which set one chooses to follow from the myriad options, as the ultimate goal is the same for all of them.. I totally fail to understand how religion has become an overwhelming presence in every aspects of life..Especially when one's religion is just a random probability, that is beyond one's control..As far as I see we are in a certain religion because our parents were born in that religion.. Any attempt to choose one's religion is not accepted lightly..So, once you are born in a religion, you are imprisoned in it.. There are people who set rules for the general good for that category, assuming that what they think appropriate is applicable to everyone else. I sometimes wonder what they think the divine selection is like? Do the Supreme God creates human beings and roll a dice to see to which group the new life should be induced into? ...