| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| SARVA DHARMA SAMABHAVA : UNITY OR CONFUSION OF RELIGIONS | |
| Besides,
if the majority of believers today view their religion in a certain
light we cannot ignore that in favor of a mystical view of the
religion that most of its believers would regard as heresy. The fact
that certain religions feel compelled to convert the world to their
beliefs shows something very different about the basis of their
religions than that of religions which honor pluralism and have no
need to make everyone think and act as they do.
To pretend that all religions are originally good is as much a mistake as to regard different cultural concepts of truth, justice or beauty as all correct. True religious inquiry does not require pretending all religions are good but discarding religious teachings that are harmful and upholding those based upon higher impulses. Naturally existent erroneous beliefs will not give up without a struggle, and as their power is mainly in the political world, the struggle will be political as well spiritual. As false beliefs tend to militance in order to protect what are indefensible ideas, they will certainly resort to force to preserve themselves. We should have no illusions about the complications that this may create in the external world. At the same time we should have no illusions that the continued existence of false beliefs will not lead their followers to harmful behavior on various levels. False beliefs will lead to wrong actions until they are removed. |
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