Hindu radicals vandalise Church near Nagpur, spread fear.

Knowledge at Work

Fanaticism because of religion is the main knowledge issue in this article, something that is evident by just glancing at the title. An event of 20-25 Hindus damaging a church has been summarized by the paper. They have injured at least two women and attacked despite the fact that children were there. They even destroyed property of the school run by the church all in the name of religion. The surprising factor is that the fanatics were from two political parties. This sad occurrence of how clouded religion makes one reasons. The ironic factor is that all of this violence is coming from a religion where peace is the base of it and also from political parties who we as public are supposed to choose in order to lead our country into the future.
The article alludes to a lot of issues in the society of India and across the world. One would be obviously being the involvement of uneducated and emotionally run fanatics in our government. Emotion as a base to make decisions is ultimately harmful. Anger of the Hindus is what led to this crime. Anger is also what led to the formation of the Al Qaida and thus the 9/11 attacks, 2006 Bombay blasts and the 26/11 attacks. The logic that science follows lacks in the action by the fanatics who follow more emotions as they are upset at the facts that the poor were converting their faith. What they do not see is the fact that their own faith has not done anything for the poor. At least the church funds go into the school and activities for the members. The money that the poor offer to the temples goes straight into the pockets of the pandits. History has many proof s of the frauds played by Hindu pandits who exploit the faith of the followers. How is any of this ethical? And to top it off committing a violent movement as this in which women are injured and proper facilities that the future of India needs to develop an educated mind is damaged, can hardly be called justified even on religious terms.
The bias of the article is that they have really made the entire Hindu community look bad which is not true. The people who committed the action do have a justified reason because the church is using money as a bribing factor for the poor to change their religion. Yet the fact is that the way they executed their action was unethical especially the fact that they were disrespecting someone else’s religious beliefs. Anger was what guided them and thus their actions lacked reason. A rational mind would have tried to use money to improve the facilities offered to Hindu worshippers which at the moment is hampered by the system of casts and status.
The circumstances of this situation are grave and based on religious differences. The fear that must have been instilled in the minds of those watching children may eventually lead to a desire for revenge. Religion is a clouding factor for reason, something that religious leaders use continuously as seen during the crusades of the middle ages and right now by the Taliban leaders. The movie Khudha Ke Liye is a perfect example in which one can see a mind being brain washed by beliefs. One should care as this is damaging to the unity with which one should live in this world. After the horrors of the first (1914) and the second (1945) world war, is it right to get trapped in another deadly universal war over God! Hence this is why people should care and give this a second thought because they should realize the fact that religion can make one do drastic things where reason has evaporated into nothingness.