The world today is experiencing what appears to be the war of religions and ideologies .Whether the cause of the wars is religion, or other factors hidden behind religion, is what can answer the question why this war is going on .The reality is that at this very moment there is fighting going on in Iraq , Afghanistan , Iran , Pakistan , India, The Middle East, different parts of Africa and almost every corner of the world, appearing to be a war between the followers of Islam , Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, different factions of these religions and other isms. These wars have created real "Hell" for the people involved, and left their impacts on the rest of the world.
As far as the history of all wars reveals, the wars have always been a matter of power struggle. There have always been some people thirsty of power, and willing to have every thing in their control. The power to possess whatever they desire , or the power to put into effect what they think is the right thing to be done. The latter, very likely to find its way to the former .On the other hand, there have also been people inspired by love of mankind, a number of whom have, at times, come along with brilliant ideas that have helped mankind .Man, having always been looking for a proper way to live happily and prosperously, have been attracted to such brilliant ideas, some of which have become the ideologies of small or large groups of people in different parts of the world. A number of these ideologies have formed the basis of what have been introduced as divine and wholly religions, believed by their followers, to be the rules presented by the Creator of the world. The founders of such religions might have rightly had to relate them to gods, in order to get the then rather primitive people to follow them. It seems that no known religion in its fundamental teachings had advised its followers to fight the others in order to make them believe and follow what that particular religion is about, for the simple reason that the two concepts of " belief " and " force " have nothing in common .However ; there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding and misinterpretation of religions by their followers , mainly because of great cultural gap between what the founders of religions were and what the people are today. It is obvious that man's life has changed a lot and this makes lots of those beliefs irrelevant to the man of today. It also seems to have been the case that such ideologies have been misused by power-seekers as a tool to bring the believers under their control, thus; using them to fulfill the desires of those in power. So, what had been supposed to be used as guide line for a good life, has turned to be serving just the opposite!
Nations governed by such power-seekers, whether under cover of religion, or even modern slogan of democracy are distancing themselves from a peaceful, honorable life .The system of education, being under state control, emphasizes on a kind of fanatical nationalism that leaves no common ground between peoples of different countries. In such countries, ignorance, combined with a kind of fanatical bigotry, assisted by the ill will of men in power, contribute into establishing a kind of racism, with their spokesmen preaching the gospel of hate against the others. To add to this , different groups of power-seekers seem to have organized Mafia-like institutes that have spread their authorities in different corners of human life , so far as the control of some influential religious leaders .thus; authorizing teaching of people in a way that results in the spread of hatred between nations of the world .
One big problem, hindering common understanding between nations and leaving them vulnerable to being misused, is fanaticism, prejudice and bigotry surrounding religious and philosophical ideologies .people are not ready to question their beliefs and consider the ideas of others, because they think what they believe in, is Wholly and Divine and the words of God-The Creator, who is supposed to be the only guide whose guidance is the best and believable. Were such people able to understand that none of the existing religions with their prevailing ideologies can be the words of The Creator, simply because of their irrational contradictory views on how to manage life , would help them out of such hindrances . There should be a way to the realization of the fact that none of the existing religions are direct words of God, but not denying them all together, because every one of them, in their fundamental forms, have been the result of clever findings of thoughtful persons of their times, as solutions to the then existing problems . So they can be considered as theories like any other philosophical theories of modern philosophers that may consist of useful guides for better living .So there is a necessity for giving all these religions and philosophies a second thought, through which there can come out a new guide line for the human being to lead their life to a heavenly life that man had always wished for as a permanent, everlasting, happy life. To do so, before everything, there is a need to pass this message to all peoples of the world, that there is no convincing reason that any of the prevailing religions are direct teachings of the Creator as to be considered "divine" and "wholly", nor is there a concrete proof for any of irreligious philosophical theories about existence. But there is a direct relationship between any "Material" and "non-Material" human product and the Creator- what ever called in different languages and by different Philosophies .Coming to such understanding would help people out of hindrances toward common understanding; thus, creating the atmosphere that necessitates a change in the way we look at life and religion ,and that there is a necessity to find an improved guide line for modern man's life, based on all the experiences of the past and modern, rational ideologies of this time ,leaving the way open to further debates as man is continually learning more about facts of life. So comes a need for theorizing a new, ever self improving religion that has the best of all religions. Such a religion can introduce a kind of cultural internationalism to enable the peoples of the world establish a peaceful atmosphere among themselves. Thus, preventing any war between the nations.
Creation of such atmosphere in the world can pave the way for a new civilization where every individual becomes involved in the struggle toward finding solutions to the existing problems. This can bring about a united front to rule the world according to sets of ideologies based on scientific facts and natural laws of nature .This can be the right path that if man sets foot on , with the development of technology and availability of world wide teaching facilities , the long-waiting, ideal desire of man to live in heaven, where every aspect of life appears in its perfect form, seems to be quite achievable .The ever improving technology can help man build a world free from any form of evil and full of love and happiness, in which an everlasting, perfect life can prevail. Who is going to prophesy this religion? Can it be you?! Yes, this is a religion that every individual should be the prophet of.
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