BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS

What’s the prime aim of a religion? This question requires careful consideration because of the emergence of increased religious-based violence around the world, where such violence has resulted in unmitigated human tragedy that no religion is supposed to promote; can a religion promote violence amongst its believers or against the believers of other religions? Some people attempt to say they are religious while supporting violence that detrimental to humans, and the history of various religions shows that violence had been promoted in the name of religions. It could be considered that a lack of understanding of the functions of religions and expectations from the religion might lead to promoting violence. No religion could be discharged from this accusation, more accurately could express the idea as religious philosophy may have not contributed to violence, but religious followers took part in violent acts in the name of religions.

Religions were created or invented by humans and the philosophical truth of messages of religions has not been tested by inventors many times, and the truth and the candour of religious philosophy are highly questionable regarding all religions. If it considers without aligned to a particular religion, it would provide mental abetment and such benefits are useful to humans. Every day people have to face either simple or complicated issues in such a situation religions extend massive support to humans to deal with issues, and in such situations, religions provide tremendous support. 

How religious contemplation absorbed human consciences is a quite difficult subject to comprehend, and it is associated with the process of human activation. Many people who contribute to violence do not know of the religion or how religions would judge violence, and they assume they know religion well, and to be more aligned to a religious commitment when deeply analyse those people work it can be seen that they accomplish anti-religious work. The inventor of religion is the only person who knows about the truth of religion. The truth may be violent promotors know neither religion nor the expectation from religions is promoted by them. Various aspects of human experience associate with the way of acting a person, but the religious aspect invades human consciences deeper and deeper compared to others. Why this situation is an absolutely difficult situation that works in the human brain which motivates some people to take part in violent acts. Sometimes, it could observe those racist feelings to work like this and the way the brain is working for religious feeling like racist feeling is at variance in a situation. Those are difficult psychological aspects that are broadly analyzed by a variety of practical situations.     

To understand this situation, ideas of behaviourism philosophy may help to a certain extent because they believe that behavior is caused by environmental conditions. This means the reality is matter, and motion influences behavior. According to this philosophical aspect, religious and racist motions are stimulated by environmental conditions and people might be violent when religious and racist motion influence the living environment that could be changed by religious and racist aspects.

Ordinary people of the world believe that religions aim to promote peace, unity, good habits, the practice of merciful acts, love, and many other outstanding qualities of human life with no difference of religions. Many people blindly believe that only the religion they believe or practice is philosophically and socially correct, and other religions aren’t admonishing. History confirms that religions emerged in this world long after humans manifested to this world. Recent discoveries on the planet Mars lead us to assume that humans or species like humans were on Mars, and unknown reasons contributed to destroying them. Did they follow religions? Religious leaders in neither religion come forward to explain this complicated situation, and they will be preferred to practice violence rather than educating potential changes to the religion they practice.  

It may feel now as though religious faith is a more mythical concept than an actual practice or way of life. The spiritual values of all religions are equal and nobody can discriminate one against another as they are in the aforementioned status. Therefore, all humans have an irrevocable responsibility to respect all religions. The authenticated truth is many people disrespect certain regions and value other selected religions. This situation associate with politics, culture, attitudes, and many other desires of people. 

Many people visit religious places of worship such as temples, churches, mosques, synagogues intending to gain peace of mind. People encounter unexpected problems that are complex or which involve a multitude of other issues that bring about sorrow and anxiety; people need to get away from stress and need to gain a rational mind from evil influences, therefore visiting these places of worship transpires as a coping mechanism to deal with individual issues and enigmas.

Participation in activities of religious places gradually promotes people to think the right way, tolerate others and their views, understand others’ feelings, justice, and love for others. However, recent experience in the world disclosed that certain religious places do practice and promote hate against others, either misunderstanding the religious philosophy or purposely adulterating the religious philosophy to achieve selfish outcomes. It also seems that certain religious places promote hate among individuals, or a group of individuals or a community based on the purely misinterpreted religious philosophy to show that they are right religious people close to God. When we examine a practical situation of the universe, it shows or people to assume that God is neither human nor associated with a particular person or a group of people. A person or a group of religious people are a bit of the universe and God who is above the universe will not prefer for a particular religion than others. The attitudes of some people are mere fabrications rather than the will of God. As we believe God is justice and the maker of decisions based on justice, promoting violence in the name of God is not the will of God or approved activities by God.

Current experiences in many countries in connection with the operation of religious beacons that the basic aim of religions that ordinary people expect has been gradually disappearing or eroding because some religions in the world seem to promote violence against the human being. Why this situation is encountering in present? The most plausible explanation is that religions are at the hands of wrong people, who consider or wrongfully convince society that they are on the face of highly religious, but it is not. Not a single religious leader or the originator of religion was expected to be happening violence in the name of religion. In the modern era, religions have become a part of the political arm, or a business arm, or an operational component of the society which is performing tasks against the fundamental objectives of religious philosophers. It also seems that many ordinary people get away from religions as the functional areas of religions violate or contrary to the role of religions.