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Holy wars.......
by heaven on Apr 02, 2007 01:41 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

Its not the Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jew or Parsi issue.........

Lets put this into perspective first! History is history; why dont people understand faiths, beliefs, religion etc is a natural outcome of the way the world lived in those times. There were wars, people were divided and constantly looking at improving their lot by attacking other communities. Since beliefs/faiths etc was developing, people were out to create more avenues to thrust their faiths on the newly annexed lands. It was a time of discovery and institutionalising faith!

In those times, maybe it was appropriate; but now in our times where economic issues are more ominous than wars or beliefs, things have to change. How can you fight with one another just because you are a muslim (sunni or shia) or a hindu (castes), christian (protestant or Roman Catholic), Jews etc etc......it seems so trivial!

Now people have battles in the courtrooms over finance, competition, jobs etc......violence has no place in todays 'developed' world. We compete o the economic front on a global scale, we compete in sports; we dont wage wars!!

So lets transfer that belief to our lifestyle, and not start burning trains or buses, killing neighbours, planting bombs purely on historical reasons......if we cant do that, then there is not justifying our actions, and so we are just petty criminals who needs to be treated like criminals, not Hindus, Muslims, Christians or Jews etc..........

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  RE:Holy wars.......
by ajit verma on Apr 02, 2007 08:54 PM   Permalink
rightly said Mr. Heaven. I Completely Agree with u.

And a word of Wisdom. Don't we all bow down to the same great power. When it's same what are we fighting for.

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