Thought for today ...

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I like this one; it plumps a provoking & disturbing thought that religion could be nothing but a political innuendo for the affluent. It keeps the poor contented with the little they have.

And, these words from Nappy are just in sync with my thoughts that religion (noble for it was meant to be) is still in the end, subject to personal interpretation of the (so-called) heads. The questions we should all ask is that, who are they to interpret religion and what makes their interpretation correct? I find it disturbing for people to ask others to give their hearts, souls and dreams to ‘god’ during mass congregations, where there’s an ounce of possibility that the motive of the person leading it could be selfishly concealed or lacking foresight of it’s blundering direction.

And the beauty of it all is that the well meaning people following it, often have no questions and follow willingly without questioning the sanctity of the decisions, words and direction, in the name of god. And I find it hard to follow someone in religion when this disturbing thought lies in my head. While I do think that people should have a spiritual element to complete themselves, there’s a thin line between believing in god and blindly following others.

But therein, lies the wisdom of this statement, where it keeps the poor from murdering the rich, in other words, keeping others content. As they say, if the whole world was born to lead, it is indeed led to diasater.