We All Need To Develop a Rational and Scientific Temperament
By
Sumit Paul, New Age Islam
20 February
2023
"What differentiates the Europeans from us is precisely that they
have moved beyond religion. Religion is no longer a cradle to the grave arrangement
for them. In conducting their daily lives, they have made religion largely
redundant and irrelevant. For an average Muslim though, this is far from
comprehensible. We are yet to evolve intellectually in order to realize that
one can lead a perfectly normal life without the aid of any religion."
-Arshad Alam
“All religions are fake. The children should be taught Darwin's Theory
of Evolution.........."
Ashok Kumar Sharma (Comments section)
I say the
same but it ruffles a few feathers. I'm not here to promote atheism on this
site. I'm here to proclaim the truth without fear. An editor knows his
business. So let him do that. All experienced editors know their onions.
I've been writing for a Persian website for
nearly two decades and its editor is a London-based Shia Muslim. His site is
devoted to Islam but he never rejected a single polemic piece of mine, though
he carries my intrepid articles under a pseudonym for my safety.
There're
two Christian websites in Europe belonging to two different denominations of
Christianity. They're far from being atheistic in their approach to
Christianity. But they carry my articles in French and Dutch without changing a
word. They even carried my article that Jesus never existed. A dispassionate
editor knows what to carry and what not to. He's not swayed by the readers
having perforated brains.
We all need
to develop a scientific temperament when it comes to religion and divinity.
Since humans are still not evolved enough to be able to live without religions,
scriptures and gods, it’s okay if they follow a certain god or a specific
faith. But rationality is required for all the followers. I urge people to be
rational. See what happened during Rudraksha Distribution at Kubereshwar
Dham, Sehore in MP. One fraud godman Pradeep Mishra gathered a sea of devotees
with a false promise of distributing Ekmukhi Rudraksha. Scores of morons
rushed to his ashram that caused a stampede in which a few Hindus died. The
same happened in Poona where I live. Science has proven that rudraksha
(literally, the tears of Rudra: Shiv: Rudra+Aksha-tears) has no medicinal or
divine powers. Yet, people believe in all these things. A few years ago, a
friendly priest at Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu gifted me eleven 'genuine'
Ekmukhi Rudraksha. I accepted them without any euphoria. Nothing good or
bad happened to me. I gave away those Rudraksh to superstitious Hindu
friends of mine.
So far all
religions created a Placebo Effect (rooted in the Latin plac “eb” o, “I shall
please ") on the followers. But new neurological studies at Cornell and
Emory Universities in the States have revealed that a Nocebo Effect (from the
Latin noc " eb " o" : I'll HARM) is perceptible on the followers
of all faiths. Instead of a subjective feel good feeling, a sort of a harmful
disposition is being noticed among the followers of all faiths. That's why, we
all need to develop a scientific temperament to counter the nefarious and
nocebo influence of religions. Continue to believe in your Allah/god/Quran or
any other book, but with a semblance of sanity and rationality. I or you may
not see but mark my words, all religions with their retinue of gods will be
wiped out after 500 years or so. My London-based Shia Muslim editor friend of
the abovementioned portal fully agrees with me on this count.
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A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul
is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He
has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several
languages including Persian.
URL: https://newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/rational-scientific-temperament/d/129149
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