Free thinking and free speech have always challenged religion, and continue to do so. I bet God don’t mind, but men with big beards do.
How do you dare to challenge the scriptures, and the scholars who know the correct interpretation? It’s blasphemy, a crime that qualifies to jail, whipping, and maybe death sentence in parts of the world.
You can control and rule over people with physical power and arms. But it’s much more effective if you can make the control to settle in people’s minds; get it internalized. Then people will control themselves, and each other.
That’s were religion is so brilliant, and free thinking and free speech is equally threatening.
God gave us freedom of thought so we could decide.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought; the problem is the men with big beards, not God
DeleteEveryone should have the freedom to speak their mind. We should never silence anymore.
ReplyDeleteI agree >:)
Deleteyou can force a person to act like they believe but you can't force them to believe.
ReplyDeleteThat's true. In some countries people have no choice
DeleteSome without big beards mind too, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed all your posts, the D one esp. :)
Best,
Nilanjana.
Thanks for visiting >:)
DeleteYes, you find them sometimes without beard too
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DeleteOMG, I read first "free seating" ... hehe, which also comes from important men with or without long beards. But that's another story.
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