Religion

If you found the title strange, you are not alone. You might never have heard a person making such a claim. Nobody can be an atheist by birth. When a person grows up and starts understanding their environment, and starts observing the various religious practices, they begin to feel that there is something wrong here. They dig deeper and find out that so many things that religions claim are straight up rubbish. And then they decide to be an atheist. They are not born in an atheist household to be an atheist by birth (or on paper). ...

Let’s continue the story from where we had left off, if you have missed the first, second and third part, I would recommend you to first check those out and then come back here to read the part 4: Teacher: Good morning students! Students: Good morning teacher! Teacher: Last time, Rajat had asked about rituals, let’s continue that discussion. Rajat: Yes! I am fed up of my parents telling me to perform so many religious rituals. ...

Let’s continue the story from where we had left off, if you have missed the first and second part, I would recommend you to first check those out and then come back here to read the part 3: Teacher: Good morning students! Students: Good morning teacher! Teacher: Let’s begin with where we had ended in the last lecture. Jimit had asked us about the fake babas and gurus. Jimit: Yes, I am of the opinion that paap, punya, heaven and hell are misused by these babas to fool innocent people. I am strongly against that. We’ve seen so many cases where these babas have almost a cult like following and support from the people. They have connections with big politicians, they commit crimes and never get caught. How would you defend that? You have to agree that the root cause for all of this is religion. ...

Let’s continue the story from where we had left off, if you have missed the part-1, I would recommend you to first check that out and then come back here to read the part 2: Teacher: Good morning students! Students: Good morning teacher! Teacher: I hope everyone remembers that we had started a debate in the last lecture, as far as I recall, Rohan had asked a question in the end which wasn’t answered because the bell rang. Can you ask the question again Rohan? ...

Whether you are on the atheist side or the theist side, you are wrong! The age old debate of science vs religion is still hot, and we all have faced it some day or another, here is my take on it in a dialogue form as a conversation between the students and teacher of a classroom: Teacher: Good morning students! Students: Good morning teacher! Teacher: Let’s start the day with a prayer. Come on everyone! Join your hands, close your eyes and start repeating after me! ...