08/09/2024
YOUR RELIGION, WAS IT ACTUALLY YOUR CHOICE?-PART TWO
*There are several religion (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Taoism, African traditional Religion, Scientology, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Mithraism, Zoroastrianism; Movements like Ekchanka, The Grail Message etc.).
*And there are about 4000 gods worship by men right from time immemorial (Jehovah, Amen Ra, Osiris, Horus, Anubis, Thor, Serapis Christos, Krishna, Mithras, Buddha, Sol Invintus, Athena etc.) to mention but a few.
*The most striking fact is that, all these gods and religion are geographically unique, influence by cultures and traditions, even political interests and agendas.
*Some are hundreds or even thousands of years older than the one you professed.
* Now consider these scenarios:
- If you were to be born in China, there is a great chance that you might have been a Buddhist, Shintoist or Taoist.
-If you were to be born in India, there would have been a greater probability of you being an Hindus, or practitioner of Zoroastrianism.
-And if you were to be born in the Middle East, you sure might have been a Muslim as the case may be.
*Deducing from the above scenarios, whatever religion you & I profess, it is largely determined by geographical location, fate or circumstances we do not have absolute control over.
*Now if there is the likelihood that anyone could be an adherent of any religion based on their geographical location, what then makes the one you eventually belong to superior to others?
*Again, if almost all religious books like the Bible, Quran, the Buddhist Bible, Zen Avesta, Holy Kojiki, Tao Te Ching, Torah, Vedas, The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, The Bible of Mithras, Grail message, The Book of Mormon and the host of many others claim divine inspiration, what then makes one the word of God and not the other?
*Why should I choose one and no the other?
*Why should I abhor or hold the other religion in contempt and not mine?
*Now let’s consider another perspective. If I were to have the opportunity of being preached to from the various religious books, at the same time, What would have been that factor that would have informed me that religion A is the right one and not B, C, D, E and the host of several others?
*On what grounds would I have based my choice of religious affiliation?
********To be continued...