Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00179)

In a message dated 4/22/99 10:01:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ramadoss@eden.com writes:

<< Religions have caused such huge suffering over thousands of years, one
 wonders it is not time for some of us who can see the suffering cannot
 raise above the organized religions and work for the elimination of the
 suffering. At the present rate, these kinds of horrors are likely to
 continue for ever unless the average man/woman starts thinking clearly so
 that we also do not fall into the "religious" trap.
 
 Theosophy should help. >>

Doss,

In my opinion, religion is not really the problem here, the unequal 
distribution of wealth is. It lies at the bottom of every social dilemma the 
world has ever known. Religion becomes an opiate for the masses' when the 
"mass" is poor, hungry and suffering. Religions are organized nurtured and 
grow by giving hope and charity to the weak and the hopeless. They are the 
ones who keep religions alive and strong. Blind faith in a certain belief 
system is the only choice that ignorance can make. Meanwhile, the struggle 
for power and more wealth that goes on at the top of the pecking order has 
nothing to do with religion, only as it serves the purpose of those who are 
expanding their greed and selfishness. 

Louis

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