Pseudo Atheism

Pseudo Atheism

Recently, I had a chance to talk to a Muslim gentleman, who claims to be rationalist, atheist, who don’t perform namaz or rozas. He said in don’t believe in religion followed by thousands across the globe. He says he is neither Muslim, Hindu, Christian or Buddhist, his religion is Humanity.

Sounds very impressive anyone can get impress by his version of humanity. I was not. Because I strongly believe people claim themselves to be atheist but that is only a short phase of their life. I have come across so many atheist who talk similar things but as you talk to them for longer time you understand that they aren’t atheist at all. These bunch of people are pseudo atheist.

This gentleman started his conversion by giving his inclination about Atheistim and rationality. But as I refused to join his school of thoughts, the first thing he told me was, During 2002 Communal Riots how many muslims you reached out to???. I said, none because I didn’t need t. He placed the question again. My answer neither I reached out to Hindus or Muslims. All I did was I kept to my senses alive.

Then he went on to inform me how many muslims were killed during this riots. Of course he did acknowledge that all this happened because muslims killing Karsevaks on 27th. For rest of our conversation on this topic he was more sympathetic towards muslims rather than humans. He wanted me to reach out to muslims? WHY? Why he didn’t wanted me to reach out to Humans. The organisation he belonged to was also named after muslim gentleman? And still he claimed himself to be atheist.

I personally feel, I am happy of being religious, spiritual. Atleast it gives me chance to respect other people’s inclination towards some particular religion. I am Hindu and proud to be one. Why should be someone ashamed of one own religion. You are only ashamed if you do not understand your religion properly. People who are over passionate about their religion are also the one who haven’t understood tenements of their religion properly. Cause if you go by any religion they teach humans to be more humans. Taliban need Islam for big goal they have. Its not about spreading islam but it is all about capturing world. Vatican don’t want to convert people across the world to make them more human. It is again business. Religion is biggest industry in the world. Look at no. of religious Gurus popping up in India. Yet religion and humanity is at decline.

How many of us get enlighten by religious leaders moving in AC Cars, First class flights, wearing costly robes, living in palace like abodes. Ultimate when we sit before them we see richness, money and more money. We hardly hear what they want to say because Visuals are more powerful then words.

Ram, Buddha, Mahavir Swami, Jesus or even Mohammed became Gods or sons of Gods because they followed what they preached.

This gentleman was preaching atheism or rationalism but was not able to leave his religion and was more concerned with what happened in 2002. What if I would have asked him to go to root cause of what happened in 2002. He would have had go to some good centuries back. When People like Babars, invaded India, destroyed Hindu Temples, Converted helpless Hindus to Islam at Sword point. You want us to forget all those and start fresh. Fresh, how fresh??? As Fresh as 2002. Thank God he didn’t go to Babri Demolition and Rath Yatra by Mr. Advani.

I think greatest threat to humanity is from atheist, who generally end up promoting love between humans, which in the ends up to love in the form of romance between man and woman.