Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00184)

Dear brother Ramadoss,

During many years I had the same view about
religions. Today I see the matter differently.

I do not question, however, the quotation from
our dear Elder Brother. I just see that although the
great part of the world so called evil is due to
religion, they are a kind of necessary evil, so
to speak. This, of course, is due to the present
evolutionary stage of most of our human family.
Bad with them, worse without them. This seems
to be a hard fact to face, but perhaps still a fact.

Our movement was started to be a universal
brotherhood without distinction of creeds. So, we
should first of all be tolerant with other peoples
views/religions etc, and to invite them (at least
the few we could touch) to compare them
tolerantly, respectfuly, cordialy.

Unfortunately,  here are we, the Church of
Theosophy, full of our own Kosovos in our
associations, all of them. Therefore, who are
we to help? Did not we invented a new creed?
Of course, ours is the True one. So, what is
the difference? Do not you see? Too bad,
but again perhaps a fact.

Your brother,  Arnaldo.


-----Mensagem original-----
De: M K Ramadoss <ramadoss@eden.com>
Para: theos-talk@theosophy.com <theos-talk@theosophy.com>
Data: Sexta-feira, 23 de Abril de 1999 10:54
Assunto: Re: Theos-World Kosov Crisis


>At 07:28 AM 4/23/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>>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
>
>Dear Louis:
>
>What you say may be partially true. There have been horrors committed
>during the partition of British India into present India and Pakistan. Many
>are the stories of people belonging to hindu and moslem faith, many highly
>educated turning into violence against neighbors with whom they have lived
>for scores of years. There seems to come a point when people are possessed
>by the blind passions flamed by the politicians and clerics.
>
>mkr
>
>
>
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