Religion is a hindrance to develpment.
By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
4 responses
@anotherbirthday (810)
• Malaysia
23 Mar 08
LOL hi balasri, i don't think so, in my opinion, the one that hinder development is CULTURE, if you practice old-school, ancient, lame culture thats the hindrances of development. I believe that culture and religion are 2 separate things. I tell you regarding what i see and what i learned, as well as what i experienced.
@anotherbirthday (810)
• Malaysia
24 Mar 08
not really, dunno if it happen 2 you...but as for me not! I'm a muslim, and my race and culture is malay. there's also chinese and indian muslim as well as other races in my country. There's also hindu and christian indian, many chinese buddha, and as far as I can see, all religions in my country donot forbid the development. You can compare between many Islamic countries, there's poor country and there's wealth and developed country. As well as basically christian countries, theres developed country and there's country that still that poor. Basically as we can see the geographical factor that affected their culture was the main hindrance to development. religion is not a big deal. but culture depends on your race, each race has its own culture, but religion is universal. (dunno if your religion is not
) but i'm sure its lame culture that hinder development.
) but i'm sure its lame culture that hinder development.1 person likes this
@balasri (26537)
• India
25 Mar 08
Hinduism and Islam have for hundreds of years exerted cultural influence on various peoples of South Asia. Similarly, Buddhism is pervasive in Southeast Asia.Christianity was the dominant feature in shaping European and the New World cultures for at least the last 500 to 1700 years.Modern philosophical thought has very much been influenced by Christian philosophers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and Erasmus.
Islam's influence has dominated much of the North African, Middle and Far East regions for almost 1500 years, sometimes mixed with other religions. For example Islam's influence can be seen in diverse philosophies such as Ibn Bajjah, Ibn Tufail, Ibn Khaldun and Averroes as well as poetic stories and literature like Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, The Madman of Layla, The Conference of the Birds and the Masnavi in addition to art and architecture such as the Umayyad Mosque, Dome of the Rock, Faisal Mosque, and the many styles of Arabesque.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
24 Mar 08
Certainly not Balasri.
Superstitious practices practised by uneducated people tend to hamper development a bit.But fundamental faith in one's religion would always help us maintain our peace of mind.India's president, the honourable Dr.Abdul Kalam[great scientist also] is a deeply religious man and I was most impressed by an article that I read about him.I am unable to locate it and paste it right now, but I will do it sometime later to answer your question.It was very illuminating.
Fanaticism in the name of religion has a great deal of negative impact.
On the other hand religion ,[if we study any religion in depth and not stick to selected rules and regulations]I am sure , would teach us proper values, tolerance and methods to live .Hinduism definitely stresses on work for the sake of work and when one does work for the sake of it and strives to perfection without any expectations in return[when there is no expectation work gets better and better because we do not have desires and expectations clouding the outcome] the results are there to be seen.
Religion is different and rational thinking that constitutes development is different. One is food for the soul and the other is food for the intellect. Both should be in different compartments.
This comes with education, awareness and motivation to see development.These are all interlinked.
There is no certainty that without religion there would be development.
The corollary would also be true.
An individual can be religious and still go a long way in self development.If an individual's growth /development should be hampered by religion there would be no Indra Nooyi or Ambanis.
Whether these people are ritualistic and spend hours together in doing what their prescribed texts say is another issue.
But all of them are believers and have their faith.
As far as I myself or the members of my family are concerned I can assure you that our development has not been hampered by religion.
If we talk about India in general then it is illiteracy and population explosion that is our bane.
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@HawaiiGopher (1009)
• Belgium
24 Mar 08
Well, I'm against all the supernatural beliefs and, to me, it's all nonsense. However, I do like some of the philosophical ideologies that some of the religions present.
Oh, but do not confuse my disbelief in religion as disrespect towards religion. You'll never see me going around insulting religious people strictly because they believe in something I do not. I'll only really argue about religion if a debate ever comes up. I love seeing what opposite side presents.
@tjades (3590)
• Jamaica
24 Mar 08
Yes I think religion can be restrictive to development. Some religions consider some great human achievements to be work of satan and forbid followers to partake. Sorry I cant come up with an example a the mo.
There are religions which make a huge segregation between the genders and normally it is the women who bear the brunt of that segregation. In light of this many women will never find out their true potential and experience the joy of individual independence. I think this is very sad.
I think that killing in the name of ones religion also restricts development as many lives are lost in my opinion needlesly. Much harm has been done in the name of religions and that in my opinion set back development in some instances.
