Inclusiveness Of Religions-A Ramzan Thought. Comments

INCLUSIVENESS OF RELIGIONS
The world is under the grip of religions. Webster's New World College Dictionary defines the term "religion" as " any specific system of belief and worship. Often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy" or" any system of beliefs, practices, ethical values etc. resembling, suggestive of, or likened to such a system". Judaism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Persian Mazdayasna, Buddhism, Christianity, Muhammadanism (Islam) , Sikhism etc, are in a sense culturally overlapping groups in this system.Hinduis is a composite one of all these. As Guruji Golwalkar in an interview with Dr, Saifuddin Gilani, a journalist in Culcutta, in 1971 said that when Hindus study their religion well, they will be able to understand other better and vice versa. Inclusiveness of religion is an area of comparative study on religions.
In Hindu philosophy there are two branches: idolatry and negation of it. In idol worship different forms of assumed shapes of gods are made and temples are made for their worship. In Hinduism' Bhagavt Gita' tells that those who see Me in idol- forms of human are belittling Me because I am God of gods having no birth or death.(Ch.9: 11) .In certain groups in Christianity and Islam idol worship is prohibited. Witnesses of Jehovah and Pentecost groups in Christianity negates idolatry while Roman Catholics groups do use symbols (idols) to worship. The Bible advises not to make images and worship. The Qur'an also tells not to make idols and worship and follow the path of Ibrahim(R) who logically proved that idols cannot do any thing to themselves or others. But in course of time people deviate from the religious directions originally prescribed. So prophets or religious reformers will emerge to clear the ugly paths in religions. Radical thoughts cause new ramifications of the orthodoxy religions. Thus we have religions extant in this world.
For all religions in truth there is only One God. According to language differences and geographical variations the word used for God may differ or their pronunciations may differ. The sense is the same. So, we call the Almighty: Creator, Protector, and Destroyer Allah. Brahma, Jehovah, Ahura Mazda(Fire) etc.
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