J's Random Thoughts

1. His full name is Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena
2. Joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1979
3. In 1989, contested for the general elections from the Polonnaruwa District and became a member of the parliament
4. In the general elections of 1994, obtained the highest number of preferential votes
5. In 1994 was appointed the Minister for River Basin Development and Rajarata Development
6. Currently serving as the Minister of Health in the current government of Sri Lanka.
7. Official site is http://maithripalasirisena.lk 
8. All this data is taken from that site
9. Stop looking at 10 things about yyy that you don't know links in Facebook
10. Now go back and like the post

Lately with all these religion hate crimes and so called religious uprisings, it got me thinking on something interesting.I know I am going into a very sensitive subject so bear with me and read to the end and then consider what you have to say,

I am not going into debating religions, what I am trying to figure out is what it means to follow a religion.

Based on recent events and from comments I have read, it seems most people are not aware of a very fundamental concept regarding religion.

So, here it is in bold. "ALL RELIGIONS ARE AN INTERPRETATION OF A SINGLE ENTITY"

Lets face it, you cannot have Evolution and Adam and Eve, Nirvana and All mighty and so on and on. There can be only one definition for our existence.

If there is an all mighty god, then there cannot be a Nirvana. If Allah exist, either all mighty is Allah, or All mighty cannot exist, there cannot be a Islam God and a Christian God at the same time, Hindu Gods will not exist side by side with the Greek Gods and so on...

So, as most followers of religion, assume your religion is the "true" religion, then that makes all other religion followers actually are of the same religion as yours just not following it.

For example, if you are Buddhist and believe in Nirvana, all people around you are "to you" judged by the same rules of Buddhism irrespective of his or her beliefs which means to you every one is a Buddhist.

Further, for a Christian, whether a person is following Islam, Buddhism or Hindu, he/she is just another Christian. Same for Buddhism, for a Buddhists, all followers and non-followers of Buddhism are Buddhists.

Hence by definition, if a Christian kill a Muslim in the name of religion, what is actually happening is a Christian killing a Christian who is just not following/believing it. Same goes for when a Muslim kills a Buddhist, a Hindu killing Muslim, the list goes on and on...

There is nothing called killing in the name of a religion. Do not justify a killing based religion as it is meaningless. What is happening is someone or a group killing a brother or sister just because he or she although is of the same religion, is not following the religion as you want/expect him or her to.