In these troubled times it is tempting to make sweeping generalisations with regards to what ails mankind. Religion happens to be one of such a bugbear.
Agreed, religion is at the centre of most of the conflict situations prevalent in the world today.
Any institution; political, social or religious can at the most work as an organising force. It must do so. But it is only when the urge to control, rule and dominate overwhelms the individual and collective objectives that the problem begins. Even religion than becomes a tool towards that end. Running down the 'other' and proving oneself as the harbinger and apostle of truth and all, than becomes the favourite passtime. It is necessary that every human being realise his / her true 'Dharma' towards himself and his surroundings. Only then can he be truly free fom all forms of 'authority' (religious in this case) which otherwise drives him into an abyss of self-deluding venture-altruism.
To organise is another of the basic inclinations of man. To institutionalise is not wrong but to accept the domination and enslavement of such institutions / organisations and rush into blind imitation is what is fatal and unintelligent.
