[Reader-list] When was the first time you were told there is God?

[Pheeta Ram]

Dear Rakesh,
How i wish life could be lived with such neat categories but such is not the
case to my mind. If categories help us make sense of our life-world then
they also confuse and in everyday lived experience these categories
tresspass into each other's territories without
our permission. Boundaries blur during hyper-normal times and personal turns
into political catching us unawares.
If i belong to a particular organised religion i don't leave it at my
doorstep the moment i enter my home i carry it with me
wherever i go. The capillaries of "belief" nurture the fountains of
"organised religion."


On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Pheeta jee
>
> I believe there is a difference between organized religion and faith. Faith
> is personal, and therefore even if two people have different faiths, they
> won't necessarily attack each other. Religion if organized on the other
> hand, is political, simply because it involves instilling some common idea
> or agenda in the minds of many people, and therefore it may (and generally
> does) also involve a sense of competition to see that there are more and
> more people across the world believing in that common idea or agenda.
>
> So, in my view, faith can actually inhibit communal violence, but religion
> can't.
>
> Regards
>
> Rakesh
>