Ignorance is for those people who do not want to handle reality and want to escape it. These are the people who prefer to be in darkness if they fear that they might see a lion in the room if the light comes in. But unless there is light its impossible to know if our room mate is a lion or a rat.
Another form of the whole escaping reality thing is our incredible efforts to forget it. Alcohol or drugs is just one way to forget it. There are many similar ways. When i say forgetting reality, i meant the reality one is dealing with. The situations and problems of others are not ours, so we indulge in them to forget our own. Thus born gossiping, watching soap operas. And there are always sports, games, hobbies, movies and books which make us forget our own reality for sometime.
What if i want to forget it for the whole life, then i will have to embrace religion. Almost every religion subscribes idea that this earthly life is limited and there is unlimited life in heaven or hell where we might enjoy or suffer. The religion makes me believe that my actions are predefines so that i dont have to deal with the guilt of my own deeds. And there is a god who will come to help when i need him, so i dont have to worry about the problems in real life. And it also provides the side-track to forget what's happening around by asking me to perform rituals without which i will go to hell, which is always depicted scarier than earthly real life. If i perform those rituals i will go to heaven which is filled with manifestations of idea of comfort, soothing and happiness. In a nutshell instead of worrying about surroundings i am asked to runaway from hell and reach heaven. No wonder Marx thought religion is opium of masses.
I hate to admit but, life of a theist seems to be cool.
Another form of the whole escaping reality thing is our incredible efforts to forget it. Alcohol or drugs is just one way to forget it. There are many similar ways. When i say forgetting reality, i meant the reality one is dealing with. The situations and problems of others are not ours, so we indulge in them to forget our own. Thus born gossiping, watching soap operas. And there are always sports, games, hobbies, movies and books which make us forget our own reality for sometime.
What if i want to forget it for the whole life, then i will have to embrace religion. Almost every religion subscribes idea that this earthly life is limited and there is unlimited life in heaven or hell where we might enjoy or suffer. The religion makes me believe that my actions are predefines so that i dont have to deal with the guilt of my own deeds. And there is a god who will come to help when i need him, so i dont have to worry about the problems in real life. And it also provides the side-track to forget what's happening around by asking me to perform rituals without which i will go to hell, which is always depicted scarier than earthly real life. If i perform those rituals i will go to heaven which is filled with manifestations of idea of comfort, soothing and happiness. In a nutshell instead of worrying about surroundings i am asked to runaway from hell and reach heaven. No wonder Marx thought religion is opium of masses.
I hate to admit but, life of a theist seems to be cool.
3 comments:
Wow!! when z that religion had been so clear about the determinism? Religion just don't know if our deeds are predetermined. They themselves are confused which one to accept free will (and thereby the treatment to Hell or Heaven) or the determinism (and God's omnipotence).
Ya... theist's life is cool but so is the drunker's.
Interesting read!
Appreciate all your thoughts!
Theist life is cool...I agree.
Atheist, besides facing the reality, has to take all the pinching that theists do....tough life! :)
@indian minerva .... well atleast bhagavdgeeta says so ( source : srikrishna calender in my home)
@soumya .. thankyou
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