Religion V/S God

I am not sure if many would agree with this post as the subject is a delicate and a very intimate one. For many the two words Religion and God .. go together.. synonymous rather.. or for some.. one is the offset of another....however I wish to differ.... Religion is not an offset of god but of society. Its the people who created religion. It is nothing but a reason to come together. one of the many reasons why we have clubs, fraternities alike. Probably religion was created with the view of binding people together. however in recent times it has been the reason for the divide rather. If one asks me whether I am religious, my answer would be a 'No'... but if one were to ask if I believe in god.. then the reply would be a 'Yes'... it confounds some..but i have my reasons to believe so... When the civilizations began to form.... they formed religion too..So initially these religions were specific to a particular location which later spread to other parts of the world through the medium of travellers, conquerers and and the people who migrated from one place to another. Some were formed before the others. Whatever be the difference in the ways of worship... the common factor was that divine power which everyone revered.irrespective of the location constraints.. everywhere the faith was same... The faith was placed in different objects... So there had to be some force..a common force which made everyone around the world feel it and beleive it..that makes me beleive in the existence of god...whereas religion is just a man made concept. .... but it is soo deeply ingrained into us that we are even ready to kill each other for it which is absurd. We follow a religion just because it is bequeathed to us. What if we were actually born to parents following a particular religion and raised by another set of parents who followed another religion.... to which religion would the child belong??? . so does religion run in our blood or in our minds?? so are we hindus, muslims, catholics, jews, sikhs, etc by birth or by upbringing? For me... I have my different ways to reach god. Its not that I dont believe in idol worship.. even I do that... I have a small ganesha at my desk gifted by a friend... the little idol is a source of strength for me.... Whenever I pray to ganapati bappa..I think of him seated in that small temple my mom's school.( Which now has changed and modernised though ). But its just my faith there... I have never understood when people say... an idol of god is more powerful at a particular location. for instance LalBaug cha Raja. Dont wanna hurt any sentiments here.. but seriously.. Is Bappa who sits at Lalbaug different from my bappa who sits in that small temple away from all the crowd? Are these different clones of the same god? Cant be right??? It is nothing but the faith and belief that we place in the inanimate objects and divinify them. God does exist and religion is just means to reach that Supreme Being. some do it with folded hands and some with open hands... but all the prayers reach the same ONE...

Just ONE Question....

Well offlate there has been lot of noise over Kasab's trial. Some were happy with the verdict while some Human Rights activists decried it. The laggardness of our judiciary compared to the judicial system of other countries would require another post to write about....
However I have just one question to the so called human rights preachers... who say that kasab should not be killed and he should be given a a chance to reform.
Suppose we are attacked by our friendly neighbours and are at war.. what do we instruct our soldiers to do? tell them that their attackers are after all HUMAN BEINGS.. Who have equal rights to live just as you do... so you should not kill them.. but offer yourselves to be killed..so that finally after they have conquered and killed all of us.. they attain enlightenment just like Ashoka... and reform themselves????

I would just quote a line from my favourite movie "Lakshya' in answer to these human rights preachers. " Hum kisi ki Mulk pe hamla karne nahi gaye the. Hamla hamari mulk pe hua hai." The people who died thanks to Mr. Kasab were innocent who were going about their daily lives. They were our people who were killed. It was our land that was attacked. We never waged a war against anyone.But we have been attacked again and again. Thanks to our fantastic judicial system which fails to deliver justice and the tolerant attitude of our government. And I am not supporting or asking for war out here... because that would lead to further destruction and losing our men...

But I do agree with the Human Rights Preachers.... Kasab should Not Be Hanged.... definately not...
He should publicly crucified... He should be handed over to the public.. To be granted death by hanging is a blessing for such creatures. Did they expect to go back alive after what they did. Ofcourse they had come with death and murder in their eyes and mind. So a death penalty would only ease his suffering.... He should be tied at the centre of the city.. and everyone.. each and every person of my city or my country should be asked to go and cut a piece of his body.. in which way they can.. i know its gruesome but anything less than that would not do justice to all those people who were killed on that night and the days that followed.... when we lost our brave soldiers.

But then.... it is going to be the same fate for Mr. Kasab just as his counterpart Mr. Afzal Guru. The Human Rights activist can rejoice as our judicial system is so adept that Mr. Kasab will never be hanged. he will rot in jail for rest of his life and our government will spend crores of money in keeping him alive and safe till some important politician is taken hostage and then his freedom is bargained for. but he will nto be hanged.... it doesnt matter if those crores could have fed many families who dont get even one square meal a day. or could have made life a bit easier for our soldiers who die for our country... by giving them basic amenities like medicines or food.


Rejoice... Human Rights Preachers!!!!..... Have faith in your Pseudo Democracy!!!!