Terrorism isn't a religion, warplanes are a terror machines, do you think they made the war planes to send gifts and food for humans ?
Yes of course morals and that is what religion is all about, good deeds and live in peace.
Yes, morals. Now let me talk a bit about the nature of our morals.
The good thing about morale is that it is always one step ahead of us. So , listening to your morale makes you better and even better. In effect, it will keep on polishing oneself. Hence, I believe morale can guide one. What greater message (individually tailored message), - can God give us. . As ones morale polishes oneself individually, collectively it is the society that eventually gets polished; so is social justice- it gets polished; so is social laws - it gets polished. That is the reason why social injustice like slavery, inhumane laws etc that were once much prevalent and legal in our societies are now illegal and abandoned.
Now, let me talk a bit about religion;
Most religion is often credited to an exceptional Person. They take people or society from dark ages and enlighten them. Unfortunately just like ordinary people these great ones also die. So laws that were made are kept as such. Not (never) to be changed at all. Often a “God part or holiness” is amended to it over time for a much greater voice. Then existing scientific proofs are added to give it more credibility. Money, power and politics take their share on it. Rituals and practices make it imprinted on those who practice it. This is how a typical religion is formed.
The problem with religion is that it resists change – not only because it is habitualized, but also out of fear; fear of the religious heads; fear of the God itself. This is where the problem is. The society around them progresses. But what about the religious sect – it is tied back to their old ages. Even if their morale is asking for a change, they won’t out of fear, out of the feeling that their holy books can never go wrong – after all it is god sent, how can it be wrong and they reasons and opt not to change.
(For this I am taking the example of the case with halal meat. Modern science has methods to kill an animal in the most humane way- killing the brain or making the animal unconscious with a shock and then butchering it (
if it is the intentions of Prophet Mohammed that is to be valued, then this is Halal meat now). What about the animal that has to undergo halal butchering – it has to suffer much more pain. Back in those old days, it was the best possible method; drain as much blood as possible which ensures that the animal has been killed before it is butchered. But how can one accept it is the best method available now.) Similar is the case with slavery, child marriages.
So, the rules of religion is static or fixed whereas our moral refines itself again and again.
so if ones religion says something and our morals say other, which one would you follow?
