Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
MILLIONS OF TAXPAYERS’ MONEY
Religious Subsidies – Why?
In a large number of countries, the government gives money to religious organizations. Why? The answer seems to be very simple to many. In fact, the question may even seem foolish. Anyone can say, “Of course, to meet their expenses for the celebration of religious and socio-cultural festivals, to perform rites and rituals, to pay the priests and meet other such expenses.” Millions of taxpayers’ money are spent in this way everywhere. Therefore, I think it is legitimate to ask in what way churches, temples, mosques, religious organisations, priests, religious festivals and the like help our society.
Some people say that without religion, I mean organized religion with all the people and activities involved, society would have been worse. Does it mean that religion with all its arsenal is helping to prevent the actual situation from getting worse? Isn’t the situation already extremely bad? What has been the role of religion so far? My observation is that true religion is nearly inexistent today and what you call religion today is nothing but traditional practice and the blind performance of rites and rituals. True religion is a profound science. We need enlightened beings, not people who speak beautiful language or wear special clothes, to teach and guide genuine seekers, disciples and devotees who have realised the shallowness of getting stuck at the material level.
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Ils ont pris un engagement solennel vis-à-vis de Dieu pour enseigner, baptiser, marier, enterrer et aussi d’être le guide spirituel et le modèle pour converger les individus dans le droit chemin. Quelques exemples : justifier les relations sexuelles après le mariage, ou fustiger la masturbation et l’homosexualité. Malgré leurs promesses, certains chefs religieux n’ont pu s’empêcher d’assouvir leurs envies sexuelles. Du coup, ils se sont retrouvés dans le box des accusés. Certains purgent même des peines de prison lourdes alors que d’autres attendent leur procès. L’ampleur du phénomène est telle qu’elle pose aujourd’hui, des interrogationd d’ordre moral.
En 2004, une étude effectuée par le John Jay College of Criminal Justice à New York, et rendue publique par l’Église catholique américaine, a révélé que 4 400 prêtres ont été accusés d’avoir agressé 11 000 enfants aux États-Unis, soit 4 % de l’ensemble des 110 000 prêtres ayant été en fonction entre 1950 et 2002. Parmi ces chefs religieux, on a recensé des pédophiles, des violeurs, des homosexuels, bref, de véritables prédateurs sexuels.
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Only meditation can save the world…
Through the Rebirth Therapy – a powerful dynamic technique. more…
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To be a patriot one must first be a human being, but are we?
It is not by hazard or coincidence that an individual is born in a country – such is my realisation. The country of our birth is that part of the earthly university where our education for life is supposed to take place. Man has a very strong emotional bond with his motherland.
A country in itself is nothing. What is really important is the society or the nation that is born and evolves. A patriot is an individual who brings his contribution to the development of a sane, harmonious and prosperous society. And that can be done when everyone works hand in hand without being fanatical, selfish and corrupt; one should be responsible, intelligent, loving and enthusiastic and live in unity with one’s fellow countrymen. Only then a nation is born and marches towards its ultimate destination, that of being a base for the flourishing of human consciousness.
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