Nowadays, it is fashionable, cool, hip and "in" to be an atheist.
I have volunteered for churches (for feeding the homeless), for Buddhist monasteries, for gurudwaras (for cleaning and cooking) and for Hindu temples. One thing I have noticed is the relative lack of good volunteer opportunities in Hindu temples.
Hindus are particularly notorious for blaming things on the priests and "others" for the bad situation in temples like the blogger below does regarding cleanliness. While on the other hand, followers of other religions volunteer to take things in their own hands and make a difference.
e.g. Look at this Blog post from a self-announced atheist who it looks like was born in a Hindu family. Now, as she puts it - she hates religions.
http://anjalix.blogspot.com/2007/06/leave-shoes-out.html
Disclaimer: I am a multi-religious person who appreciates and respects all the good and kind in all religions.
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"Disclaimer: I am a multi-religious person who appreciates and respects all the good and kind in all religions"
Religion is a tool for mass control, nothing less nothing more. Go ahead and appreciate the good if you find any.
tp: Here is religion's definition as agreed by wikipedia "community". As it shows - religion is as much a personal experience as it is a communal one.
If you think that it is just mass control - you need to learn more.
A religion is a set of beliefs and practices generally held by a community, involving adherence to codified beliefs and rituals and study of ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and mystic experience. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction.
Hi Darpan,
So, now you've taken over the responsibility to show Sujai the light? ;) :)
I saw your comments on his posts regarding religion, spirituality and some others. I stopped reading his posts a while ago but wandered there recently.
I have noticed this recent upsurge in "atheism" too (or maybe it's that people now have blogs and it's easier to find it) and they quote Dawkins and his new book quite religiously. Oh the sweet irony. :)
Cheers,
-Amit
Aha, I see that you have dedicated a post to me.
Though your assumption that I'm an atheist is wrong.
There are people who like to be bound by rituals created by others and some who like freedom.
You are the former (evident from your love for constraints), and I'm the latter.
Lets stop the childish derogation.
Anjali - replace atheist with "religion haters" and read this post again.
It is just a difference in the viewpoint I guess - love for something as I like to see it vs hate for everything as haters might like to spread it.
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