Is religion bad ?

With so many conflicts arising because of religion. It is time we ask this question to ourselves- is religion bad ? If it is then should we do away from it or does it have any upsides as well.

On one side, religion is used to divide people of a country, especially at the time of elections. Parties try to favor the religion with majority population to get more votes. “Mandir vahin bnaenge” is another example of this, imagine if this was a Muslim dominant country then would the mandir still be such an important issue. Of course not.

On the other side, the motive of religion is to bind many people together. The Hindu religion binds so many people within itself. This would not be possible if there was no religion. We would have little in common with others and more detached from how the society functions. Religion binds and organises us together with the help of stories which the people of a religion commonly believe.

Now that we know the downsides and upsides of religion. Let’s come back to the point- Is religion bad ?

The answer is it’s partially bad and partially good. We are more aware of the bad than good because the bad gets reported in news while the good isn’t reported anywhere.

Should we do away from religion ?

No we should not. Rather we should try being at peace with good and bad of religion while trying to amplify the good and minimize the bad.

Religion is one big phenomenon this world is standing on. Removing it may trigger an irreversible fall.

-ChoubeySahab