A multicultural, equal and liberal world?
In my opinion not as long as there are dogma-spewing religious institutions and people/politicans in power, preaching oppressing, intolerance and selfish ideologies in the name of some false God and/or just for getting more money and power on cost of others.
"My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness."
"There is no need for temples, no need for
complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is
kindness."
"We can live without religion and meditation,
but we cannot survive without human affection."
"Today, more than ever before, life must be
characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation
and human to human, but also human to other forms of life."
by the Dalai Lama
I am not a Buddhist. And itīs far from me and in my intentions, to insult or offend believers of any religion. In fact, I donīt care to whom or to which someone is praying. But in these few quotes above there lies more truth, sense and humanity, than Islam, Christianity and Judaism alltogether are telling - or rather not telling. But I personally could live with any secular religion - if they just would stop to claim having the one and only truth/way to salvation and moreover, need also the state and/or force to achieve and keep power over people. In secular states, sooner or later, the people wouldnīt let them get repressed, misused and killed in the name of a God. They would learn to think and choose for themselves - eventually. If mankind really needs illusions and faiths, and most of us obviously do - then itīs a pre-condition for multicultural society, that religions are secular. Thus, without the need of demarcating itīs own culture (which is naturally influenced mostly by religion) to others, also the disposition of everyoneīs tolerance would be conveyed, increased and tightened.
On the following pages are some thoughts of mine about specific religions/beliefs and itīs institutions:
