World War Zero

Now, what do you think the Zeroth World War was fought over? Land? Resources? Or maybe something a bit more important, yet ignored, aspect of the human race (Interestingly, it’s called a race, because everyone runs for their image in public, for their dreams, for their life!), i.e. the sense of pride and honor?

What I’m talking about is, mes amis, none other than the Epic Mahabharat very famous for Krishna Vasudev Yadav, or Arjun, the middle son of King Pandu. Well, only people keen enough know this whole name. Everyone knows the story, right? It is the fight for the throne of Hastinapur. People in the so-called Satyug attempt various tasks which were against The Dharma, and one thing leads to another, and the World War Zero strikes! Longest story short, though they clearly know what’s right, they are sort of dragged into doing wrong. Wait wait wait, does that sound quite familiar? If we know that we are evolving through every generation, and getting smarter every step down the ladder of generation, why is it just so hard to believe that it started with humans like Shakuni, or Krishna for that matter? Now, as per what I’ve read, it wasn’t even Satyug, but Dvapar Yug, which gives a whole new perspective to some people, and makes no difference to others.

For my sake, just remove the thought that there was any involvement of God, and everyone was just human with powers like one of Stan Lee’s characters. Remove any possibility that whatever happened wasn’t already ‘written’. Now, rethink the whole story. Ponder over the lesson every character in this story learns AND teaches. You will now find that there is so much to learn, if you want to. Just like the World Wars I and II, you learn what is good to do, and what to choose between wrong and less wrong.

What this shows is that we need not just close our eyes in haste, or even faith, where God is projected, but as true atheists, or believers, try to go to the next slide of the presentation being showed, and just remove the image of the Guy upstairs to think more clearly. After all, if there is someone or something at all, there are bound to be emotions, or at least concepts, right?

You Don't Mess With The Religion

After a couple of months and my finals, a new post, finally! 

Many people might make a big mistake interpreting my content. They might think I don’t believe in any or all gods, and the religion that follows as well. Well that that’s not quite true.

I see religion as just a method to make people believe in the kind of events beyond their ability to understand. In the past, as we all might have pondered in our free time, humans were not as smart as they are today. They were not able to grasp the science or reasoning behind events. They couldn’t understand what is really right as a human being, and what is not. They couldn’t perceive the actual philosophy of life, and with these values, human was nothing beside another species of animals. So, to guide them to the right path, the 'concept' of religion was brought up. People were taught what was right as a human, and how and why things happened. Religion showed people the way of life, the philosophy of life. That, was the basis of all religions, the root of all religions.

But the religions that we see in today's world, or the 'surface religions', are more oriented to today's world, like the media, money, etc. People use religion for their own selfish purposes, for gaining money and fame. Media uses religion as a medium of introducing terror in people when a catastrophe strikes. Nowadays, people claiming to be saints tell you that there are evil spirits, and that how harmful they are to your normal lives. Then they say that they can drive these spirits away, bringing brightness to your minds, and literally 'charge' you for doing so in the form of donations. They demand various kinds of stuff, some that might not even be easily available, and the official raise in their financial status doesn’t even count here.

Religion is something we have very well embedded in with God. But if you look closely, you can see that God just enforces the ways of religion by showing how an Almighty tells you to follow religion, and frankly, He tells you that if you don’t walk on the ways shown by religion, your life will be full of evil deeds, or you would have performed what are known as 'sins'. There's also an explanation as to why this was done, and a rather simple one it is. Science has bases, Religion doesn’t. Though religion teaches us the real ways of life, it's just that there is no base as to why it is right. That is why it feels difficult to understand the real value of religion once one starts believing in God, because then he/she starts focusing on what is wrong and tries avoiding it, rather than seeing what is right and following it. I know this sounds almost the same, but it is almost totally different.

So, it is not religion that I am against, because I have seen its true value; I know how brilliantly it has been formulated. It is only the enforcement that ‘ignites my fury’. I don’t believe in God, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe in religion as well. It's just that I can't believe in today's version of religion which is better for today's world, or rather 'Religion 2.0'.

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte