In "The Grand Illusion" professor Singh offers unbiased comments
from the rationalist's point of view on the concepts of God,
belief, customs and ceremonies- which we collectively call
"religion." His comments are quite comprehensive, embracing
worship, prayer, holy books and places, miracles and salvation, as
well as the theory of karma, attributes of God and life's
purpose.The author's goal is to shed light on the absurdity of
certain ideas, attitudes, and activities in the spiritual realm of
religion and faith, thus helping mankind free its thinking from the
stifling grip of irrationality, i.e., to become its own helper and
savior. His reasoning demonstrates that- just as religious
followers believe that "God only helps those who help themselves"-
it is humankind, and not God, who is responsible for saving itself.
In other words, a spiritual entity saving mankind is an historical
absurdity; humanity must be its own savior.The author wants to
awaken humanity from its spiritual slumber and open its eyes so
that people see for themselves how their behavior is steeped in
irrationality. Man is a rational being and his cognition and
behavior should confirm and justify rationality.Unfortunately, in
any conflict between emotions and intellect, the former invariably
wins. Why is that? Emotion (irrationality) is as old as life
itself, whereas intellect (rationality) is comparatively an infant
on the life's evolutionary scale. Humanity must recognize and
nourish this infant so that it develops and becomes our dependable
guide.It is not the author's intention to criticize or condemn any
religion; religion stands condemned by the behavior of its own
followers. In truth, religion has failed in raising man to any
higher level and humanity has remained unsaved despite a horde of
saviors. The path to progress, enlightenment or further
evolutionary growth, without a doubt, lies through reason and
rationality - not through religious fervor. The only religion
worthy of mankind is "Rationalism and Humanism.
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