LHC and organised religion

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There is a heated debate going on every where about LHC.  On Day one of the experiment, doomsday experts freaked out and predicted that the world is going to end, fence sitters adopted a wait and see approach and organised religions went into a tizzy.  I am against organised religion and rituals.  I dont like to have people butting in and trying to teach me how to talk to my God.  Besides, I am not entirely sure that God doesnt have his/her own agenda, and we dont feature to high on his To Do list.  This belief settled in when I was in Class III and had to take a Geography test.  There were some fill-in-the blanks to do, and the question was:

Nile flows through _________

and Chump that I am, I filled in Italy.  I was a big fan of the Roman Empire and Pizza I guess.  Well I prayed, was a good girl and even helped my mother in the house.  But no amount of bending over backwards got that answer to change.  My mother gave me hell when the test papers got marked and had to be signed.  Was I angry or what?  Now in retrospect, I feel that God has plenty of fish to fry and one little girl’s butt ranks way down on the heavenly agenda.

If the LHC proves succesful, I wonder if religions of this world will experience a whole lot of debunking?  My fear is that it won’t.  Religion will just transform, backpedal and adjust itself to the new situation.  The sad truth is that religion never dies, much like any other virus.   We will still have bigots who will be instrumental in causing a lot of death and misery, all in the name of God

10 thoughts on “LHC and organised religion”

  1. There’s no running away from religion.
    Why did Man feel the need of a religion? Well… He just wanted to stay under some rules, and keep faith in a power superior to him, lest he feels omnipotent when his knowledge increases.
    That’s the way early civilizations might have thinking. In today’s time, sadly, religion is politics.
    You want votes? Say that you are a hindu. Or if there happen to be more muslims around, proclaim yourself as one. Make religions clash to gain political mileage – that will add icing to the cake. If something big like LHC happens, organise mass-havans, do various kinds of pooja, not in the name of ‘pleasing the God’, but to make yourself famous among the ‘junta’.
    Out of cash? Well, open a ‘shani mandir’, and force people to donate. You’ll become rich, and will be able to buy a big car and a nice bunglow. Jai Shani Dev!
    See.. Religion is business too.

    In fact, these days, religion is anything but religion.

    George Bernard Shaw said ” I believe in Jesus and his teachings, not in Christ and Christianity”. Amen to that

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  2. I kind of agree with you. Never been the rituals and religion kind myself. I have often offended the pious and the pilgrimage-ing friends (Husband goes to all well known places of worship though).
    Organized religion is becoming a terror these days, telling people how to fight and protect the organisation. And I always think, who organizes organised religion? NOT God.

    I am spiritual – not the ritualistic religion sorts. I agree with you

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  3. Religion is belief in the existence of the creator.
    Things fall in place when you have that belief…. when you don’t , there is “something” missing.
    If one believes , one will experience it too…
    Just look around and you will know there is the essence of creator in all of us and he/she cares !

    Talking of LHC, creation and destruction is a cycle . It HAS to take place ; when and how s just a matter of how he planned it I guess……God Knows ! :)

    You missed the point CP – belief in God is not organised religion and bigotry

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  5. Nice to hear that you are against organised religion, but: In which way should it be related to the LHC? LHC is a scientific experimenting device realized by scientist and used by scientist, no cults are performed down there. Or do you think religious people in some way mix up science and religion being influenced by this experiment?

    I agree Jan. But the religious leaders are in their own way proclaiming that this experiment is against all religious beliefs etc etc

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  6. I think that Shaw missed the point when he said “I believe in Jesus and his teachings, not in Christ and Christianity.” Jesus taught that he was the Son of God, the Christ, the ONLY way to a relationship with the Father. He taught his followers to band together and share the wonderful news of the gospel to others, the news that that though men are sinful and separated from God, through Christ’s redeeming blood, we could be reconciled if we just accepted that gift.

    I will not argue with that belief. Relationship with God is a soul’s own path to self realization and salvation. The path each soul takes is purely his/her own

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