Friday, January 16, 2015

651. Does Conversion to another Religion Benefit?

http://www.speakingtree.in/public/spiritual-blogs/seekers/god-and-i/does-conversion-to-another-religion-benefit


Went to introduce "Christ" to the tribe but was taken to be a intruder and gifted "Death".

Was it necessary for the tribe to have Jesus as their God???

Every religion has one common ideology and preaches that there is one and only one God which is the Supreme Power. This one and only God is in such that He accepts what ever way we relate Him to and however we address Him as. Any kind of devotion irrespective of the manner in which He is adored or worshiped, whether it is in accordance to a prescribed ritual of a religion or any other it does not matter to Him. Now if an individual is not satisfied with the situation he is living in does the change in the religion he is interacting with the God help him??? 

Does conversion to another religion get him solace???

Main issue to get converted is not due to the belief in the God in that religion but may be the dissatisfaction in the social discrimination or the financial tribulations. The name and form of the God may differ in the Temple, Mosque, Church, or Gurudwara and the rites and rituals may be different but the God who grace the devotee is the same. The difference in the customs due to the peculiarity in the region has given rise to many religions with accordance to the mental outlook of the people inhabiting there. 

The goal of all religions is to lead the believers to the same God according to the different attributes of the devotees concerned. So if an individual is deciding to get converted because the God of that particular religion he is does not care for him it would look silly and ridiculous. Such kind of converts demean not only the religion of his birth but also the one to which he wishes to get converted to. In fact it will demean the meaning of God also.

The beliefs and customs of the various religions cannot be a cause for complaint and it will not make sense to make them all look similar also. The important thing is for the individuals of the various faiths to live in harmony with one another. The goal must be unity even when there is no uniformity. Here we can align to universalism. 

Universalism is the ideology which prepares us to tolerate and respect other religion as the religion we are practicing. It also guides us to accept the intent of the philosophies which are to fortify human values.

There is a Sufi song which Wadali Brothers sing; the lyricist compares the humans to pigeons.

The song says

“Oh Lord what have we humans done in dividing our religions and separating ourselves in the name of God, a Hindu never goes to a Mosque, a Muslim does not enter a Temple. Christian is bounded to a Church and a Sikh to Gurudwara, Oh Lord; I feel that a life of a pigeon is far better than mine. Once it sits on Minaret of a Mosque and the next on the Gopuram of a Temple or on the Bell tower of a Church and on the Dome of a Gurudwara.” 

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