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In a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge influence upon the planet, this book aids us to understand how folks acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at equally individual and social levels. In the time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge influence upon the globe, this guide aids us to know how folks acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both private and interpersonal levels.

 * Explores religion each like a social phenomenon and as a kind of inner knowledge.
 * Explains why individuals think what they do.
 * Seems at the effects of religious and spiritual belief upon behaviour, and upon physical and psychological wellness.
 * Outlines the different approaches to religious and spiritual experience.
 * Surveys all relevant research.

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Searching into the current essential religious conflicts which divide folks of Manipur into two main groups belonging to (i) lately converted Christians from the hills and (ii) Converts of Vaisnavism residing inside the valley whose existing religions have been alien to them may be connected to the important issue of “emotional integrity from among all the ethnic people of individuals of Manipur- regarding regardless of whether it is going to use a location or no location in any way. The word or even the expression “emotional integrity” will besimply found uttered in every body’s lips but, practically it wouldn't be achievable to go into the depth of the core of hearts of the folks of both people of hillsides and valley. Everybody belonging to hillsides and valley of Manipur knew it nicely that there have been a invisible and undisclosed huge curtain between these two groups belonging to two sets of different religions that are international to them and their ancestors.

1 Before the conversion of a lot of the tribal into Christianity and 50 percent from the Meiteis into Vaisnavism there was no conflict scenario in Manipur and no hidden curtain existed between hillsides and valley. Communal Harmony and tranquil co- existing prevailed from amongst all of the ethnic groups of Manipur from time immemorial.

Throughout the British routine Christianity was spread all through the remote corners of the hills of Manipur below the initiative of Rev. Pettigrew while Vaisnavism in he valley of Manipur was the product of Shantadas Gosai of Shylet (now in Bangladesh). This missionary was fortunate enough in keeping Pamheiba @ Garivniwaz, the then king of Manipur beneath his absolute control which enabled him to fulfil his desire to set ablaze every one of the scriptures and valuable Puyas of Kangleipak.

Full decline and dawnfall of original tradition and religion of the Valley Pebple using the conversion of greater than 50 percent with the Meitei population within the Valley into Vaisnavism- a religion which was overseas to the valley people-was, by far one of the most unprecedented episode, the consequences thereof had produced unwanted modifications in respect of rituals, Saradha Ceremony, replacing of Manipuri Manuscripts by Bengali scripts thereby directly affecting age older customs and usages with the valley people. In the nutshell, it may be termed as disastrous component which destroyed the distinctive culture of Manipur. Must we all consider it as sign of progressive and substantial change? The author didn't believe so.

Retaining age older tradition and religion which are very precious should be observed and maintained at any cost. It is going to benefit future generation of Manipur. Imitation of dynamics as an art of representation will not produce any dangerous results but imitation of Religion & Tradition of a overseas country will cause not only the loss of original identity but also the community or even the Nation to which he, she or they belonged.

After the 2nd World War, individuals of Valley of Manipur gradually realized evil outcomes of religion from its destructive point of views. With the trend of change of people’s mind having been nicely educated and much more advanced in all the fields, extreme nature of too much religious mindedness as absorbed in new religion by forefathers of existing generation of Youth of Meiteis and orthodox way of life style prevailed in those days disappeared completely from the sieght of folks of valley. It indicates the sign of tracking back from the wrong path for the new right path.

The influence of Christianity in Manipur particularly in the remote corners of the hills of Manipur was really strong, fast and effective on the life styles of new converts inside the tribal dominated hillsides and even the tunes of songs sung by them were discovered really much similar to that of English songs. Original beauty and extremely much appealing tunes from the folk lore of the hills seemed to have been lost within the midst of alter of religion.

Retaining original religion and tradition of 36 indigenous teams of folks of Manipur - A. MUST. Such an attempt by the youth of hillsides and Valley would bear fruit for the forthcoming generation of Manipur.

Beauty lies in observance of our own unique cultures, traditions and religions which will be best suited to our body, facial structures and habits. These are inherent in our bloods. Within the world of today, we see various types of individuals worshiping different Gods of their own choice. India as originator of Hinduism-a religion which was founded and professed by Indians since before the mythological era being very closely connected with Epics of Ramayana and Mahabharta had the names of innumerable numbers of Gods and Deities.

Within the present day world we have come across number of religious fundamentalists each where whose bloods, brains and minds always led them to the path of “DESTRUCTIVISM”. They possessed the powers to sacrifice their lives and destroy anything which stood against the ideologies if their own religions to which, they consider, they owe their allegiance to perform their best duties.

The two aspects of human lives “RELIGION & POLITICS” below which so many people had been killed, so many suicide bombers had been produced and so many laws enacted over and above the rules and customary principles of diverse schools of religions which prevailed within the world from time immemorial- did not cause to bring in good fruits towards the individuals as well as for the societies or even the nations at large.

Then why do we prefer to act against each other basing on Religion and Politics Are we not human beings or are we animal like creatures who posses beastly character?

Constitution of India specifically provides a provision which did not restrict any citizen of India to choose his own choice of religion. What is the significant underlying idea of this specific right to select and profess any religion of one’s own choice of religion? Why restriction was not imposed inside the matter of conversion of any individual into his own choice of religion which was international to him or towards the caste or for the community to which he belongs? In this regard one can extremely easily conclude that politics plays a essential role in giving a wider scope to the folks for benefit of Politicians only.

Here, a query may be raised concerning why there can’t be one common religion and one common God?

Do any one of us belonging to Hindu Section of folks worshipped ‘JESUS CHRIST’ as our own God? Have Christians who came across Hindu Temples of SHIVA, RAMA, KRISHNA, DURGA MATA, GAUTAM BUDHA, JAIN MANDIR of MARWARIS, GURUDWARA OF SIKHS and innumerable numbers of GODs and Deities of different communities living in India and abroad- worshipped the Statues (MURTIES) of these Gods in the core of their hearts? The answer is a Big ‘NO’ if the author is not wrong.

Muslims of equally groups of Shia & Sunny never worshipped Hindu Gods and Christian God JUSUS CHRIST.

Among these diverse people professing different religions including new converts of new religion who possessed Doctorate Degrees, Intellectuals, Eminent lawyers and prominent scientists with the world in particular, who invented, Hydrogen, atom bombs and many nuclear weapons which could destroy the whole world have ever attempted to indulge themselves in forming one common Religion & one common God for the welfare from the whole folks of the World?

Is there any harm in having one common Religion and one Common God?

The said distinguished personalities must have realized the elements of impossibilities and improbabilities which stood against forming of one Common

Religion and Common God for the whole people of this Universe or they must

have realized the weakness of human minds irrespective of any Cast Community or the nations to which they belonged.

Here, an interesting crucial argument might be taken into consideration by way of concrete example in respect of acceptance of new religion which had been embraced and professed by lakhs of folks of India whose bloods and brains had been completely washed under influence of religion since after the arrival of British people in the soil of India under the name and style of “EAST INDIA COMPANY” who later on became one from the most prominent Forces capable of fighting and defeating numbers of kings of the vast NATION known as INDIA(BHARAT).

Manipur(Kangleipak), an independent Kingdom was the last battle of England fought in 1981 among Manipuris and British individuals. Britishers, beneath the command and in the name of Queen of England annexed Manipur and put the same below absolute control of British authority till just before the midnight of the 14th of Aug., 1947.

Though British Rule in Manipur Kingdom lasted about 56 years the introduction of English Education while using setting up of Johnstone high English school just at the centre of Khwairamband market adjacent towards the West of former District Hospital and adjacent to the east of Road situates at within Khwairamband market leading to Khuyathong Road now being occupied by Nupi Keithel was probably the most outstanding contribution produced so far throughout their regimes in Manipur.

Quite contrary to the remarkable contribution with the British people-inexcusable act was found committed by playing double standards to the rights from the hills and valley individuals whose oneness had been led for the elements of severance of age aged ties by making division of Manipur into (i) Hillsides (ii) Valley and (iii) British Reserved Areas. These three divisions have been alien to the whole indigenous individuals of Manipur irrespective of their settlements either within the hillsides or the valley areas.

Hills House Tax was introduced and imposed on the tribal residing within the entire hillsides of Manipur. There was no Settlement Department in Manipur prior towards the arrival of Britishers. Manipur State Darbar was established in the valley, head of which was appointed from the British people.

With the modifications created as aforesaid — one vital and most unprecedented one produced during British rule was the introduction of Christianity throughout the remote corners of the hillsides of Manipur beneath the initiative of Rev. Pettigrew.

By the time Rev. Pettigrew was in the height of his activities as a preacher of Christianity, his utmost attempt for conversion of Meiteis into Christianity in the valley area failed miserably since more then 50 percent of the population of meitei Community residing within the heart of Imphal as properly as surrounding villages except the LOIS(a community outcasted by the Kings) had already been converted and became orthodox Vaisnavites, as a result of conversion into Vaisnavism- a religion introduced by Shantadas Gosai of Shylet(now in Bangladesh) during the reign of King Pamheiba @ Garivniwaz.

In an attempt to suppress original Sanamahi Religion of Meiteis in the valley of Manipur and popularize Vaisnavism - many scriptures and valuable Puyas were set ablaze below instigation and influence of Shantadas Gosai to which the King of Manipur consented. This is the result of “Evil Design of Religion”.
Disappearing Manipur’s age-old manuscripts from the seight of the folks of Manipur and its replacement by Bengali manuscripts - a man created merchandise was a great blunder committed due to influence of Vaisnavism by non Manipuri speaking stranger from Shylet who loved his own Alphabets only.

Had there been no conversion from the valley people into Vaisnavism, the existing scenario from the disappearance of our ancestral manuscripts left as a legacy by our ancestors which is as many as two thousand years older would not have been occurred and every one of the books which can be ‘printed in Bengali scripts and even the scripts in local Newspapers of Manipuri language which appeared in Bengali scripts would not have been seen and read by the masses and instead Manipuri manuscripts could have been published and read by the whole folks of Manipur at large.

Such evils of conversion of our people into a religion international to us all resulted inside the loss of most valuable manuscripts of Manipur.

The writer is neither religious fundamentalist nor does he belong towards the teams of folks who disbelieved the existence of Almighty God (The Creator from the Universe). But the blood in him and his inner conscience are deadly against foreign elements which aimed at destroying original and rare traditions including original religions of Manipur.

The author is personally against the expansion theory of religion being undertaken by individual preachers of religion who used to distribute pamphelets and small books written in Bengali scripts in Manipuri language. Very often these individuals have been found within the remote villages of Manipur where grown up boys and financially poor girls could easily be trapped by criticizing and decrying age-old Sanamahi Religion of Meiteis and thereafter indirectly forced them to embrace a foreign religion for which they have been paid and utilized their services by their bosses behind the scene.

Really lately a ruling was given by the Apex Court of India banning construction of temples in Public places as per the wills of diverse communities. It is good to have such restriction which in the way, will serve valuable purpose against those folks who are totally engaged to promote, propagate and expand overseas religion for the innocent villagers of Manipur. This present measure is, of course, a lesson towards the masses which shall be deemed to have been taken up within the interest of general public irrespective of cast, creed and religion.

The evil results of religion from its destructive point of views seen everywhere within the world gave births to ‘Groupism’. Hindus of India have soft corners and loved Hindus living in every one of the parts with the world. Likewise, Muslims who professed “Islamic Religion” and living in India for the last greater than 7/8 centuries would automatically love Muslims living in diverse countries -treating them as their own folks professing the same religion of “ISLAM”.

Lakhs of Indian Christians who were converted into Christianity after the British individuals landed in India who came to carry on their business inside the Indian soil under the name and style of “EAST INDIA COMPANY” would love and support any Christian living in any part of this Universe even though they were born and brought up in India having Indian nationality and India as their domicile of origin.

Religion is a key contributory factor by which individuals with the same religion might be taken into a group. When there is a conflict circumstance in respect of issue of religion or clash among two teams of individuals of different religions -distinct division of individuals joining and supporting their respective groups could easily be seen.

Politics and religions are really closely connected to each other. This being the reason, expansion theory of religion — in the name of religion may be in action not only in big Nations and Countries all over the world - but also in the tiny state of Manipur wherein hardly twenty four lakhs of indigenous people of 36 ethnic people lived together from time immemorial who, once, had their customs, usages, traditions and religions of their own.

Dynamics of human being differs from one individual to another individual. One individual may be too sentimental whilst another one may be too emotional.

Having such mentality being existed among all the human beings, any act proposed to be done or anything committed inside the past below due influence of religion had interior motive behind the scene which is quite evident from the atrocities caused by war in Iraq. Tony Blair of England, Former British Prime Minister and George W. Bush, Former President of united States of America waged war against Sadam Hussain of IRAQ. What were the secret causes of this war? What were the motives from the two most distinguished figures of the World? Tony Blair and George W. Bush had no personal enmity with Sadam Hussain of Iraq over their landed properties. No Nuclear Weapons (hydrogen or Atom Bombs) or any deadly weapons which could destroy the whole world by Sadam Hussain was discovered before, throughout and after the Iraq War.

Exterior motive for waging war against Sadam Hussain could not be established but the aim from the invisible motive to destroy Iraq - a country of Muslims was achieved and fulfilled at the price of life of Sadam Hussain as properly as lines of thousands of innocent soldiers of both the countries. This being the reason and also the roles of religion behind the back, criticism from all over the world emerged including the special relationship of Britain with U.S.

The war could have been avoided had there been no indirect or direct influence of the destructive roles of the distinct religious motives which internally prompted inner political approach towards suppression of a Nation belonging to one of the powerful countries of the world who professed Islamic Religion.

Evil effects of religions seen in the world from different angles clearly indicate that there have been ‘Race’ of diverse groups of people belonging to diverse religions. Having invested crores of rupees, billions of Dollars, billions of Pounds and so on and so forth - each one could see expansion theory of religion being undertaken everywhere in all of the countries of this universe where construction of New Temples, Churches, Mosques etc. have been in progress in the names of religions.

As long as this “race of Religions” continues, the religious enmity prevailing during the world would continue, as a result of which there can’t be better relationship and peace in between two or a lot more nations who professed various religions.
Many religious fundamentalists would be born and many person who posses destructive attitudes would come up and would always be ready to sacrifice their lives like Suicide Bombers for the sake of their religions.

It is high time to minutely study the “EVILS OF RELIGIONS & Penalties THEREOF”. The solution to this problem would be the most valuable weapon by which crimes of various dynamics connected with religions all over the world in between on country and another could possibly be prevented.

One of the greatest Saints of India “SHRIDI SAI BABA” Sadguru of millions of individuals from the world was neither Hindu nor was he a Muslim as per his own philosophy and teachings allowed all sections of folks irrespective of cast, creed and religion to become his disciples. In the course of his life time he stressed on the theory of one common religion and one common God. Because he knew the meaning of religion and its evil results. He died on Tuesday, the 15th of October, 1918 at Shridi. It was the last day for Baba’s physical body.

To bring harmony Saibaba lived in Mosque-he planted Tulsi plant at Dwarkamai.

On one particular occasion by seeing religious differences Saibaba got angry.

Saibaba took out his clothes and asked in anger concerning whether his body is Hindu or Muslim?

Saibaba was buried beneath the Earth-Samadhi inside Butty Wada. Wada built by Butty became Baba’s Samadhi. Baba was omniscient.
Communal elements would be wiped out immediately provided every one of the religious persons know the meaning of religion.

Religion has tremendous force of its own. When a man is bitten by Religion, he won’t be able to escape from this poisonous trap. His mind will not be as free as the innocent child who has never faced force of any thing.

Religions and politics are inseparable Shrewd and opportunist Politicians from the world took out maximum advantage from the so called ‘RELIGION’ in the context from the existing day scope of election of peoples representatives.

India(Secular by character) even though its inhabitants are comparable to mixed vegetables(various communities professing different religions but living together from time immemorial, had extremely often seen communal riots or killings in the majority of the parts of India which could not be prevented timely. Let us take the examples of ‘GUJARAT RIOT’ which costs thousands of human lives and unprecedented Calcutta riot which killed member of Muslims and Hindus.

Inside the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 - how many lives of Men, women and children had been killed without faults of theirs? Who will compensate the losses faced by Hindus and Muslims?
Each the Muslims and Hindus and other communities professing their own religions worked together even went to jail together for liberating India from the hands of British folks prior to the partition of India and Pakistan.

Where the spirit of oneness and joint struggle gone? Why and how this Partitions took place? What was the main reason behind it? Religions professed by two sets of individuals led towards the path of “DESTRUCTIVISM”.

The main cause of the divide in between India and Pakistan was absolutely based on religion. Had there been one community and one common religion there would have been no partition in between India and Pakistan and enmity between these two countries wouldn't have been in existences. In this Scientific World of today men must not become victims of Evils of Religions.

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St. Anthony and St. Rita Catholic colleges are closing following year. They will grow to be charter educational facilities and abandon the Catholic education of their students. This sets a negative example for the pupils and the city of Indianapolis. It's only a solution to get rid of religion from getting taught to our kids.

And what can make it even even worse could be the Catholic leaders on North Meridian Street are backing it. Catholic students and their households deserve much better.

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World Day... a Special event of the New PaganismWe are about to witness a globally pagan rite - the worship with the soil, the worship of Gaia, (World Mother). Soil Day time may be the worship of character -- rather than Nature's God.

Though touted as, somehow, NEW, worship of the earth is most likely the oldest religion on earth. Born of child-like ignorance, it's survived hundreds of years and is, when again, robust and thriving between those people individuals of soil who have dropped their way and also have reclaimed this form of paganism on the danger of their eternal souls.

I must let you know, I issue whether one who subscribes for the Christian faith can take part in a pagan rite with no committing sin. The World Day time celebration is, in my viewpoint, a pagan rite. Celebrants of paganism can only be in league with the forces of evil.

But here we are, this week, celebrating the annual, worldwide, orgasmic, daisy chain of paganism -- Soil Morning.

Paganism is going to be on screen more than the following several days. It's reminiscent of the nights before civilization took root as well as the individual animal started out its assent from your caves and mud huts.

Over the earlier couple of centuries, and particularly in the mid 20th century, individuals factors of socialistic societies, which remained, arrived to recognize their times were numbered -- unless of course they could contrive a different way of bringing humanity below manage. They fell back on that factor which has Always worked, no less than temporarily, inside the previous... and that's ignorance and concern -- ignorance of the truth and fear with the imagined risk, or threats.

Even inside the 21st century guy is nevertheless, essentially, managed by concern. The fear of the imagined natural threat frightens person to his or her core. The destruction of one's home is often in the forefront of man's innate dread. Since the earth soil is the house with the human being race, any risk to it, is probably the most feared of all.

If the "enlightened" socialist between us wished to handle the masses of humanity (plus they did -- and do!) they needed to play upon that dread among the peoples from the world. The dread that their properties have been being destroyed, and to rouse the anger in individuals frightened human beings, they were indoctrinated to feel that it had been other human beings who were destroying their house.

Most of us aren't scientists. The majority of us know only as a lot scientific disciplines as is required for us to live productive lives. We leave scientific disciplines for the researchers.

As our educational methods have devolved into degraded teaching institutions... teaching just enough... and demanding the students learn just enough... to guarantee the institution continues to received public funding, the amount of education about actual scientific disciplines has all but disappeared from our curricula. Even wherever it is still taught, it may be broken down towards the amount with the lowest performing student within the class. As a end result, we've a world citizenry functionally ignorant of basic technology.

Couple the decline of our educational techniques, globe wide, using the divestiture by "The Church" of its duty to train the one true God -- and the stage is set.

Enter the Environmental Movements and their "new" religion. It is often a religion as old as the world itself... but new for the undereducated masses with the earth these days. We used to openly refer to it as "Paganism." The Christian Church accustomed to deliver missionaries to countries, which even now practiced paganism. Now that's reversed and we are sending "missionaries OF paganism" all over the world.

Our forsaking the worship of "the creator" in favor with the worship of "the created" is a cycle as old as guy himself. And as soon as once again, we've circled back for the religion of our caveman ancestors.

The latest denomination in the church of Paganism may be the Climatic change movements or Environment Change movements.

I appear on in wonder, as my fellow individual beings are sucked into this throughout the world hoax. I marvel, in wonder, at the mixture of arrogance and ignorance, which leads one to depend on the false doctrine such as that with the Global warming Movement.

An oligarchy is the rule from the many through the couple of. That's the short explanation of oligarchy. The climatic change movements, and certainly, the geographical movements fits the classic instance of an oligarchy. Somebody, somewhere, is pulling the strings, that'll lead the folks of this planet again into the New Dark Ages.

 
Why?

Why does guy at any time wish to manage other men? Power. When 1 dares to peer beneath the surface, and behind the façade, from the International Warming/Climate Transform movements, the most recent off-spring from the Enviromentally friendly Motion, a single swiftly sees the hand pulling the strings with the puppets who gallivant all more than the globe hawking the wares of concern and ignorance.

It's all for manage with the masses. It's all for the emplacement of a fresh feudal system. The overlords of humanity will reign, because they always do, by dread and intimidation. The dread how the globe is proceeding to burn up in a blaze of heat only to become overcome from the ocean's flooding of the coastal regions, exactly where most human beings pick to stay, wiping out each residing thing... may be the motivating force.

This really is The Gospel with the geographical motion, the environmental religion, and the Church of Global warming.

Modern person is latching on towards the self-proclaimed saviors, as we always have, to conserve us from your coming devastation. Most in no way question the validity with the "coming catastrophe." Those people handful of folks who do would be the infidels.

Count me among the infidels! I still cling to the 1st Commandment given mankind through the original, and only, God. For individuals of you not up around the "Old Religion"... it can be: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me...."

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