A Fine Line Called 'Tolerance'
“I have a dream….that all men are created equal”. Many a great people believed in this, the likes of Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi and many more, they lived and died for what they believed in, yet their obsession had not the slightest hint of revenge or violence. They were filled with passion for a religion that they believed in, the religion of harmony, serenity and peaceful cohabitation. Today's religious fanatics however subvert the notion of religion to suit their own narrow interpretations, call it tunnel vision, if you may, and through this try settle their own personal vendettas. This sow the seeds of intolerance, which are then lapped up by people, largely incapable of critical thinking. A religion as per most dictionaries is a set of practices often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law. All religions preach and practice peace and tolerance and the main a...