I have never been very religious, neither did I grow up in a very religious household. Although my grandma was extremely religious, with whom i spent the first 11 years of my life with under the same roof. But i never was interested in whatever she did.
I don't have a lot of mythological knowledge. Heck, i also lack info about a lot of basic stuff. The most I learnt was when Ramayan started airing again on DD National during the lockdown.
But I'm not an athiest. I do believe in god. I did almost always freaking lay down on the floor of my home shrine before every serious exam. So that confirms it.
On instagram, there are a lot of "atheist v/s theist" debates. But every damn time, I see myself siding with the atheist. Its because a lot of the times their claims are so damn stupid that I freaking cannot defend it. Whether its about lgbtq+ rights, abortions, feminism, castism, people have twisted religion in differnet ways to justify their problematic views.
Everybody is busy proving that their religion is the best and it can be followed blindly and that people will burn in hell if they don't follow some weirdly specific rules written in ancient scriptures that might even be written by the men of that time just asssuming that they are God's messengers. Nobody even dares to question it. I'm not targeting any specific religion, its the same case with all, even mine.
People are commercializing, and even weaponizing religion even though religion is suppose to be such a personal thing. Like, why the hell do you care what religion I believe in or am i following it properly or not. God doesn't need me to protect Her. I don't need to ACT like I'm a good person in front of God by practicing everything that those scriptures preach. I'm pretty sure that God knows who is better among a deeply religious rapist and a decent respectful atheist or agnostic person.
