Religion as an identity slot

Saturday, September 16, 2006
Religion as an identity slot
The whole problem is that for many religion is just an identity slot when, ironically, religions are teachings that seek to break-down all attachments to identities and thereby rid man of his ego and turn him into a spiritual being.

We have to approach all religions as teachings for the benefit of mankind and be philosophical enough to see even its so-called negative aspects as good intentioned. We shall then benefit spiritually from all religions and realise that they are but the truth expressed variously.

Karl Marx's communism failed because it was a promise to the masses. Religion always succeeds (provided it is not hijacked to be an identity factor) because it is a promise to the individual. The human solution is not at the macro level (at the social level) but at the micro level (individual level).
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