Despite Striking Similarities between Concepts of God in Most Religions why is there Intolerance between Religions? – Dr Zakir Naik
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Questioner: I’m Nanda Gopal, I am a journalist. My question is despite striking similarity of the Concept of God in most of the religions why there is absolutely no compassion and increased intolerance between religions? How do you think this can be stopped? It’s easy to tell to the world because we don’t know where is the world? But you can tell us from a point how it can be stopped at the individual level?
Dr. Zakir: The brother’s asked a very good question that in spite of the striking resemblance, commonalities, similarities between the various world religions why is there intolerance towards the different religions? Why? The basic reply according to me brother it is the people who are the religious leaders. Therefore I say that if you want to understand your religion go back to your scriptures but unfortunately the Thekedars of religion, they want to hold their flock together and they don’t want the masses to read the religious scriptures. Because if the masses read the religious scriptures and follow the religious scriptures directly who will go to them? So the best way is, go back to your scriptures, understand the scripture and follow it. What we realize that though we know very well that all the major religions, they say God is one, God has got no images, there’s no idol worship, yet we find that most of the religions besides Islam, they believe in idol worship. Why?
Because for example if you ask a Hindu priest that Your Vedas are absolutely crystal clear that God has got no image. He will tell me “Yes Dr. Naik I know it’s absolutely clear but…” the ‘but’ comes. God has got no images for the people of higher consciousness. For the people of lower consciousness, they require idol to concentrate. I said where is that mentioned in the scripture? He’ll say No-No that is our philosophy. So religious leaders they bring their philosophy and say that idol is used for concentration. “I do agree with you” they tell me “Dr. Naik the Vedas are against idol worship”, the Vedas are against All Mighty God having images but that is for people of higher consciences. So I tell them that dear Pandatji, Dear Swamiji we Muslims have already reached the higher consciousness, we don’t require any image.
So what we require in this way most of the religious leaders or the priest or the Pandits of most of the religions what they do same way I proved to you very clearly that Jesus Christ (pbuh) he never claimed divinity yet you find that the priest will tell you believe that Jesus Christ (pbuh) died for your sins and you’ll get salvation. Now where did Jesus Christ say that (pbuh)? So what we realize that’s the reason I tell the Hindus go back to your Vedas, I tell the Christian go back to your scriptures. I know there are differences brother. I am not saying that there are no differences in the religions. I can give a longer talk on the differences between Islam, Hinduism & Christianity but what do I say to all the human beings at least believe that one scripture is 100% the word of God. Now most of the human beings won’t have a problem accepting that. The Hindu will say I have got no problem in accepting Vedas as the word of God. The Christian will say I have got no problem accepting Bible to be the 100% the word of God…
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