Arbitrary thoughts: Religion and Osama

Hello Guys....seems like an epoch since I posted last...Any-ways I hope you all are having a good time.

Today at lunch, one of my friends went berserk while explaining to us each and every aspect of the mission in which Osama Bin Laden, world's most viscerally loathed terrorist, was killed by United States Navy SEALS in a covert operation authorized by President Barrack Obama, in a way nothing short of a Hollywood movie.

While, discussing or for the most part of our listening, he told us that Osama was buried with proper funeral rituals as per Islam, although in Ocean. And, since then I have been contemplating about the concept of religion and its significance, especially for terrorists such as Osama Bin Laden.

What is religion? In my reckoning, it is a set of ideas, principles or rules, laid down before you or more plausibly fed forcibly into your immature and naive mind which is able to accept anything at that time, by your parents, grandparents, teachers, relatives, friends and so on. But why would you believe them? It's simple, because you see them from the time of your birth, you trust them, for they protect and love you. And, love is the only language that a human or a living creature is able to understand right from their birth. But, what if your "well-wishers" were themselves ill-informed and ignorant. Did you ever doubt them? No, why would you, for you didn't even knew how to doubt or even the definition of doubt.

And, then comes the revelation of your association with a particular tribe or race, nationality, all these notions being continually inscribed deep into your personality during your initial years, by the so called "wise-people/ well wishers". After conditioning of your mind for years with such thoughts, you develop a strong or unmovable sense of belongingness as if it was existing primordially. Now, if someone asks you your religion, tribe/ race, nationality, you would without any second thoughts, say at the top of your voice, " I am a Hindu/ Muslim/ Christian......" or "I am an Indian/ American/ German......". TO ME EVERY HUMAN BEING IS SAME SKELETON OF BONES WOVEN AROUND WITH FLESH & NERVES, AND NOTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST THIS DELUDED SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS WHICH DIFFERENTIATES US, AND WE FOOLISHLY FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER OVER PETTY ISSUES, SHAME ON US.

Religion, in my opinion, meant to be a set of ideas, principles or rules laid down to lead a proper and purpose-driven life, a way of life. All the world's greatest religions, in a nutshell, only teach you all these rules and principles, some of them being "Universal Brotherhood", "Tolerance", "Non-Violence*", "Truth", "Honesty". But, observe yourself honestly, are you really following these teachings in all sincerity. Here, I can emphatically say "No. you are not nor I am". So, can you still say you are a Hindu, Muslim, Christian... etc, I doubt... (To be Continued... for now ending with following final thought...)