Our fundamental belief is that we are
God’s special creation, but it is always ignored by people, especially by those
who call themselves sophisticated, bringing a hierarchy defining who people are
and who they should be under a religious division. The present problem is not
that one religion is superior to the other but maintaining brotherhood,
equality and unity within a religion has come to a point of impossibility.
Under this ideology of hierarchy people operate and violate the rights of each
other. Hatred, discrimination, racism will continue to thrive till they are
stuck in such belief system.
I am not sure how one can reconcile
the thought defined in Hindu scriptures where people’s identity is based on
their birth. For example, in the birth-based caste system in Hinduism it says
people get birth in different wombs according to their deeds in past lives. To
state my case, allow me to quote few texts from the Hindu scriptures:
Chandogya Upanishad 5/10/7 "Now,
people here whose behavior is pleasant can expect to enter a pleasant womb,
like Brahmin, the Ksatriya, or the Vaisya caste. But people of foul behavior
can expect to enter a foul womb, like that of a dog, a pig, or an Untouchable
caste/Chandala".
Apastamba Dharma Shastra 1.1.1.4-5
"There are four classes: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra among
these, each preceding class is superior by birth to each subsequent. Those who
are not Shudras and are not guilty of evil deeds may undergo initiation,
undertake vedic study.".
Manusmriti 1.98 "The very birth
of the Brāhmaṇa is the eternal incarnation of Virtue; for he is born for the
sake of Virtue; and this leads to the state of Brahman.".
Medhātithi is one of the oldest and
most famous commentators on the Manusmṛti, more commonly known as the Laws of
Manu writes "The very genesis i.e. irrespective of his qualities, his mere
birth, the mere Brāhmaṇa caste.".
Mahabharata 13.27 Yudhisthira asks
question about how persons ̣from the three lower castes can attain the same
status as Brahmins. Bhishma answers "Brahmin status is unobtainable for
these castes in same birth. Only through innumerable births they can hope to be
born as Brahmin.”.
When humans blindly choose or fail to
realize such contradictions in religious scriptures which promote divisions and
deprive people of their basic rights then it is time to decide between actual
truth and form of truth. The Bible says, we are God’s masterpiece, a unique
creation in the entire universe. The classifications and oppressions of humans
dictated few people on how to operate in a particular way are not different in
their own physical bodily form. However, people are still embracing
contradiction and discarding the truth deliberately. Please don’t forget each
person living on this earth is God’s unique creation. The only division the
Bible records is stated in the first book of Genesis 1:27 “So God created
man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male
and female.” Now can you see it? It has so much clarity, equality, and
divinity. The world cannot oppress you or redefine you under any bracket. You
are wonderful and His special creation.
Today fanatics are against this Jesus
because He boldly summarized the whole teaching into two broader commandments i.e.,
to love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength and to love one another
as ourselves. You can call someone as brother and sister but the ones who
imposed such classification can never do this, therefore Christ is always
rejected. You can know more about Him and stay transformed. You can choose to
read the Bible in your language.
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