Nomad at the desk! » religion http://rabindragurung.com.np These opinions are mine and I swear no one else's Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:29:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 God, religion and age http://rabindragurung.com.np/2009/02/18/god-religion-and-age/ http://rabindragurung.com.np/2009/02/18/god-religion-and-age/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:42:37 +0000 Rabin http://rabindragurung.com.np/?p=152 We were passing by motorcade of some religious group who were chanting Ram’s name and waving hindu flag and asking everyone to attend sermon from some Guruji. They were excited about the event and handing over the pamphlet about their guru ji and the way to salvation to everyone. Almost 99% devotees were in their 40′s or over.

Seeing this, one of my friends asked me a question:

Why do people incline to religion at some point of their middle age?

And I had no solid answer. But I searched my nearly empty head and answered: May be they have done enough sins and are now tying to purify themselves in the name of god and religion. He countered me saying, at some age people began to feel loneliness and they have no one to share their inner thoughts/feelings so they turn to god.

He’s got the point, I guess.Now I wonder, is this why people turn to religion?

turning-to-godHistorians say Nepali Shakespeare Bal Krishna Sama was atheist. But during later age, he turned to god and even wrote poem Ichhya (desire). I know he’s not the only example. I bet, you would find such men in every corner.

Now I don’t believe in god. May be some day I would feel the heat of loneliness. Would I turn to god then? I wonder!!!

How about you guys? Have you ever thought about it?

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