(a) Why is it not wrong to expose a false religion? (b) What must be the basis for such exposure?ģ Can there be false religion? It is not a form of religious persecution for anyone to say and to show that another religion is false. a But is that true? Do all the names of the different gods have the same history? Do they all suggest to the worshipers one and the same personality?ģ. Whether it be God, Jehovah, Bhagwan, Iswar, Allah, Hari, Siva or Rama, it is the same Being that in vague manner is recalled by every devotee when he utters the name which he has been brought up to associate with the mystery of the universe and idea of worship. As one Hindu author recently wrote: “Names of gods do not make religion any more than the names of men and women make up their personality. . . Neither does it mean that we recognize that, after all is said and done, still we all worship the one and the same god only under different names or by different ways of approach to him or by means of different religious ceremonies. Our practicing religious toleration does not mean we believe that all religions are right and beneficial and that all of them lead to an eternal happy future in endless enjoyment of the god that a person worships. (a) What does religious toleration not mean? (b) How does one Hindu author view the names of many gods, raising what questions in our minds?Ģ Our granting everyone his religious right, our refusing to interfere with each one’s religious practice, does not signify, however, that we approve of his religion or that we approve of all other religions besides our own. Everyone should respect the right of everyone else to choose and live his own religion. This holds true at present, unless a person’s religion proves to be grossly immoral, licentious, shocking the public decency. What right does each person have, and what is the duty of others in this regard?ĮVERYONE has the right to practice the religion of his choice. “Come, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits on many waters.”- Rev. Execution of Divine Judgment upon False Religion
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