At the face of it, the word 'believe' looks like any other innocuous English word ,but take my word 'believe' is the biggest predator that the human civilization has ever seen. Let me put things into perspective here, when I say 'belief’, I mean the belief in a particular religion , culture , caste , color , sex etc.
The biggest massacres in the History of Human civilization were all carried out in the name of 'belief'. I am not talking of something too down the History lane , these manslaughters are very much part of recent history.
Flashback to the 19 th century, and you will see the slave trade and colonalisation of places inhabited by non - white races, being termed as 'Whiteman's burden’. It was defined as presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart (I’d call it impose ) their culture/belief to nonwhite people. The subjects here were treated worse than animals and not given any rights.
20 th century saw the ethnic cleansing of Jews in Germany. What happened in Germany was unprecedented in the degree of ruthlessness with which this 'act of belief - termed as Holocaust' was executed. Around 6-7 million Jews were tortured to death in various concentration camps all over Germany.
and as the world stepped into the 21st century, the belief battle was literally taken to another Higher level .The 9/11 attack shook the entire world. The sight of jet planes slamming into the twin towers had everybody and his dog's jaw dropped in awe and fear. This time the Fundamentalist Muslim crusaders have been ‘handed over the Belief baton’, as they have raged self-presumed holy war - 'Jihad' against all those whose faith clashes with theirs.
All the instances mentioned above are just the tip of the iceberg , There are many more 'skeletons in the Belief Closet'. However, The point that I am making is that only thing common to all the above occurrences is 'Belief' and 'Bloodbath'. The handwriting is on the wall and is clear that 'If Beliefs clash, Blood will shed and profusely'.
It is really an irony for the Human race that although we are making all types of advancements in the field of sciences and management ,but when it comes to Social sciences and interpersonal relations management we need to go back to school. We invented the best arms and artilleries, but are using it only to kill ourselves. We need to understand that ‘an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind’. Hate begets hate, so this cycle of hatred will only lead to destruction of the nature’s finest creation ‘Earth’.
However, when everything is said and done the fact is that system of belief is as old as hills , and it is part of our social fabric now. So, it is not possible to do away with this system. The only way out or rather way through this dilemma of 'To believe or not to believe' is that we have to be more tolerant towards all other beliefs. There is a saying that 'It takes all sorts (to make a world)', so in order to complete this world we have to accept all other sorts as they come with territory.Give peace a chance and let there be a new system of belief where what 'I believe, (you believe).'
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