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    LIBERALISM VERSUS FUNDAMENTALISM

    Is liberalism good and fundamentalism bad? Many in the proclaimed civilized world say, yes! But many in this world say, no. Their religion demands this fundamentalism. How one can be liberal about commands from the God? Do commands from God need modification and changing? Does God need to be civilized? Certainly there isn’t any answer to such questions. If religions are practiced according to their fundamentals, they will engulf world in chaos leaving no room for peace and harmony. The God’s command maybe or perhaps is, “Ask them to change their religions if they don’t accept you have authority to rule over them by force and take them under your subjugation”. What is right and what wrong? Might and diplomacy will decide and certainly the God is almighty and the only supreme. Peaceful co-existence and mutual respect is certainly liberalism but what about commands from God and claims of superiorities over others.


    Civilized world has framed some human rights, which their concerned religions clergies had been denying them. It seems that they have made good progress. The question is; does the God’s principal change or can his commands be modernized? If so I shall not have such a God and perhaps many others like me. Most people do not think deeply about the God and are merely followers of their inherited religion and maybe hardliners and those who do not take religion seriously are also called liberals. I believe the God whose commands; principals were/are and will never be changed. Man made human rights can be modified for betterment but rights granted to humans by the God are forever supreme and freedom of thought is one of them.


    My friends, if you allow me, I want to define liberalism in my own words. No doubt liberalism is freedom of thought. I hope you will not mind and let me say that who so ever claims to be a follower of his respective religion without this freedom of thought is a fanatic, so called believer of the God and those who deny and want to deny this freedom to others are anti-God. Actual liberalism demands from humans to let others say what they want to say and listen passively to all thoughts and views, ponder on them cool-mindedly and then say yes or no. Obstinacy is greatest ignorance and the God hates it. You may be right but don’t reject others out rightly. This is obstinacy and fundamentalism. Be prepared to accept more truth if you come across any. If you shut doors of your mind and heart, it means you are not confident and you fear to loose something. Better to loose then to have something false. Wisdom is most essential part of a true belief and wise persons are never proud of anything including knowledge and keep in quest till death. Liberalism means, others maybe on the right, so think about and if you are not willing to think, you are so called believer or not at all.


    Liberalism is to see one self in day light; he/she may be good, may be not as good or may not be good. Fundamentalists don’t dare to come in light and keep on insisting that they are good rather best with out any exposure to light and conceal the reality, how good it may be.
    Liberals say, “We may be wrong”. Fundamentalists need not to say such words; otherwise they will also be liberals because fundamentalists have to be always right.
    Free the humanity to choose their own way, only then they may be real believers or not, but don’t try to keep them away from day light; neither believers nor non believers.

    I wish for all tolerance, forbearance, and freedom of thought in its real sense to each and every because there can’t be any belief without it. The unwise can never find the God and any formal or religious education isn’t necessary for wisdom. The God bless you all.
    the god is te god of universe, the god of mankind and not of religions, communities or groups.

  • #2
    I am your friend also,

    May not be of your skin,
    May not be of your nation,
    May not be of your language,
    May not be of your standard,

    Yet I can live as you live,
    Yet I can sing as you sing,
    Can love your art and ways of life,
    The land you live in or any sight,

    I can join you in sad and glad,
    Can share your hopes and wear as you clad,
    Can join you in prayers where you pray,
    Though I shall say silently what I have to say,

    The God I pray is your God also,
    May be more yours than mine also,
    The God of universe and mankind also,
    I am your friend also.

    I can join you to defend the just,
    If you are to help weak or oppressed,
    But if I happen to meet others,
    If they claim to behave as human brothers,

    I can be very easily inspired also,
    No restraints shall then I abide by also,
    I shall embrace and say to them also,
    I am your friend also.
    the god is te god of universe, the god of mankind and not of religions, communities or groups.

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    • #3
      Akbar, your words remided me of a great scripture:

      Ruth 1:15-16
      15 "Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her."
      16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

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      • #4
        Dear Mathews,

        I received very little response from followers of Abraham and Moses though I am not against their religion if not in favor. In beginning I requested you people to please let me know if there were any ambiguities, incoherencies or inconsistencies in my writings or views but you people did not help me in this regard.

        I do not claim to have any special attachments with the God but I do not believe in any religious God. I think that you people are well aware of the God, who is neither offspring of any nor have any, is creator of time therefore has no beginning, no end etc.

        I do believe what ever I wrote. Please let me tell you once again I believe that,
        The God is the God of universe, the God of mankind and not of religion, communities or groups.
        Unlike religion faith in the God is not a heritage.
        The God is the God only with out any conditions or additions.

        I have nothing special to preach no special manners, moralities, and ways of worship and let me tell you that I do not believe in any special religious laws, you can say suppressive laws. I think that I am a still a seeker and willing to accept any truth which I happen to know. I do not claim that the God prefers me, my community, group or religion (If I have any).

        I can adopt any traditions language, custom etc. Rigid ness is not good, it breed enmities. The only one matter I insist upon is that the God is one, Almighty, the God of humans and not of groups and that there isn’t any other God. Good, wise, sensible humans all over the world know what good human values are (irrespective of their religions) and true believers of the God strictly adhere to these values in test and trial.


        Blessings,
        Akbar.
        the god is te god of universe, the god of mankind and not of religions, communities or groups.

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        • #5
          YHWH is Lord of all:

          1 YHWH reigns, let the earth be glad;
          let the distant shores rejoice.
          2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him;
          righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
          3 Fire goes before him
          and consumes his foes on every side.
          4 His lightning lights up the world;
          the earth sees and trembles.
          5 The mountains melt like wax before YHWH,
          before the Lord of all the earth.
          6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
          and all the peoples see his glory.
          7 All who worship images are put to shame,
          those who boast in idols-
          worship him, all you gods!
          8 Zion hears and rejoices
          and the villages of Judah are glad
          because of your judgments, O YHWH.
          9 For you, O YHWH, are the Most High over all the earth;
          you are exalted far above all gods.
          10 Let those who love YHWH hate evil,
          for he guards the lives of his faithful ones
          and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
          11 Light is shed upon the righteous
          and joy on the upright in heart.
          12 Rejoice in YHWH, you who are righteous,
          and praise his holy name.

          Akbar, you are right: there is one God for everyone and everything.

          with love,
          matt

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          • #6
            Dear Mathew,

            I think that the only difference between you and me is one.

            Your God is essentially Judah or YaHoodaH while the God I believe is not bound to be called by these words. The God I and I think also you believe is Almighty, Protector, Merciful, Master, and Omnipresent and there are so many suitable words. Such synonymous words can be in all languages so I believe the God has not any necessary name or names to be called by. My God is Allah, YaHoodaH, Khuda (Persian), Bhagwan (Hindi) and many other names. I am aware of some other names but there can be many of which I am not aware.

            I think that you and I have same and common human values and if you do not mind we have common faith if there is not one difference that I have mentioned above.
            I am grieved and sad for innocent victims of cruelty no matter who the victims or cruel were.

            Blessings,
            Akbar.
            the god is te god of universe, the god of mankind and not of religions, communities or groups.

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