If you are reading this,chances are you have heard of Joyece Meyer.Yes the Margaret Thacher look alike of Bible discourses you often see on television.What about her?Well, firstly have you noticed the kind of following she has? And not to mention an enormous bank a\c to go along.So what??? That's the point.Joyece Meyer and her poor country cousins in say, India, going by peculiar names such as Swami Shivananda,Sri Sri Chidananda,Sadhvi Sampada or some such are too overwhleming and omnipresent these days.Come rain,drought,earthquake,terrorist attacks, these people never seem to have a dearth of followers and media coverage.You may be facing a terrible recession.Not these smiling motormouths.They seem to have no clue about the world at large as their houseful sessions seem to imply. Ever wondered how to manage the time which always runs short? Just take a cue from millions of 'live' audiences you see transfixed at these daily sessions in every corner of the world.No wonder productivity is so low in most countries, and we only blame our own 'babudom'.Nothing just stops these agents of faith,they keep repeating the same stuff in different ways.Quoting from ancient works of pure fiction(read Bible,Gita,Quran ect ect), the master storytellers keep the masses engaged for hours on end year after year.So why do people have such deep respect and yearn for more from these people?Cleverly enough, the answer is given by religion itself(Hinduism);Don't do anything,just listen to religious talk(pravachan in Hindi),and you will be salvaged! Whoa! that sounds easy.No wonder man never learnt anything from his past,least from discourses.Listen to babbling men and women in Armani suits or saffron garbs as per your choice and your sins(there is supposed to an account of your wrongdoings...snigger...snigger) get washed.Simple.Religion indeed is profitable.A regular guy would break his back to buy a car,while his Guru, globe trots in private jets.How can a 'godman' be a common man?Lets examine the premise that allows such short-sightedness.Nearly all faiths have one thing in common,agents who worship and then converse with men about 'god'.The believers see them as powerful sources of positive energies and profound wisdom,which needs to be tapped as prescribed by the scriptures,(just wish they followed traffic rules so closely as well).Anybody with some intelligence and oratory skills can con all the people all the time because if life is good,then they flock to express gratitude,if it gets worse, then they come to find answers as to why it is so!Hence there will be no dearth ever of these phony characters;cause the muderer and the noble all pray to the same entity.Religious leaders hoodwinking the masses need serious compitition which they haven't yet faced anywhere.Today i propose non-religious leaders in the society to counter them.Sounds absurd?What the heck!Who cares anyways?Lets have an army of educated men and women instilling rational thinking amongst the masses especially younger generation.Notice how the opposite of religious minded has been termed as rational minded?Mind you,you are a sensible, logical, truth finder if you are rational.More of such people will not harm the society and mankind, after seeing what religion has brought on us;two thousand years of endless miseries.Religious crossfiring may even wipe off half the human race if the prediction of a world renowned historian comes true.Enough is enough was the sentiment of Mumbaikars after the terror attacks.Enough is enough indeed to propaganda oozing out of thick dusty volumes called 'scriptures' written centuries ago!Lets set on a mission and spread some sense,while speaking about nature,about life,about universe and this great mankind which seriously has nothing to with an oddly described supernatural force.One might ask for sufficient material to bank upon for endless talks.For starters i suggest we take the works of Douglas Adams,Richard Dawkins,Charles Darwin,Stephen Hawkins ect ect.They are not obscure shadows in history who have penned a few classics which became distorted with time and wars were raged in their name.These are real flesh and blood men who wrote by observing nature,and sometimes a deep rooted disgust for ignorance.All men,women and children need to know the real world and what's next.Stupid religious talks only imlpore imaginary entities,fairies,angels,demons and fictionary accounts called pap and punya as well.Down with such blunt ideas,we need some substance and clear thoughts pronto.About time too. Amen.
PS.No offence meant to anybody at all.All ideas are acceptable and we are entitled to think and act freely in this world.