I believe in God. But
I do not believe in religion.
For me God is a real
personality. He exists. He is felt and experienced.
Whether we talk about
the existence of God or about the non existence of God, we are talking about
God.
Man cannot live
without God. Life is miserable without Him. That is the sense in the existence
of God.
I mean the Almighty
One, the only One.
There are many
scriptures in this world that claim to lead us to the presence of God. I
respect all of them, though I have different opinion than many of them.
None of these
scriptures ever claims to have established a religion. We have no scriptural
basis that God established any religion.
Religions are created
and established by men. Religions are institutions for the convenience of man,
not of God. If the concept of God that He is Almighty, Omnipotent and
Omnipresent are true, He need no religion to exist and work.
God conveyed a way of
life through the scripture. Men are instructed to follow the way of life that
pleases God. Since God is not a despotic tyrant, He gave freedom of choice to
man. Man may live according to these principles of God as detailed in the
scripture or reject all of them. The acceptance or rejection of men does not
affect the character and existence of God.
Man institutionalized
the belief in God. He transformed the way of life as shown by God into institutions.
Man appointed presidents, secretary, board of directors etc.
Institutions appear
the most covetous thing at the beginning. But all institutions in this world
have a demerit like all other creations of man. It deteriorates and corrupt.
The same problems
happened to religions also. It deteriorated and corrupted.
Thus religions today
stand corrupted. Only God exists incorrupt.
Today, religions have
turned to be centers of exploitation.
Religions strive to
increase the number of its followers, not the followers of God.
Religions lead men to
itself not to God.
Religions claim
exclusiveness, where as God never claimed any for he need not claim it.
Religion is the only
institution that never cares for its own sheep. No religion in this world
stands for the lower middle class and the lower class of people among its
followers. Welfare of its own sheep is entrusted to the Government and
religions go adding more followers.
Often I have thought
for whom these religions exist for. Surely not for God, for God need none.
God is not a religion.
No religion can claim Him. God belong to the whole humanity.
No man needs the
mediation of any religion to approach God.
A personal relation
with God is available to all men without religions.
God prefers
relationship without mediation.
If God has not
established any religion, why we follow them?
If not from God, from
where have these religions got the right to dictate laws to men?
Why we
allow these manmade religions to control our life to a worse condition?
We may ask
many questions, and still follow a religion blindly.
What
conclusion do we reach? You may reach on any conclusion you like. You have God
given free will.
I believe
in God. I do not believe in religions.
Professor
Jacob Abraham
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