Thursday, June 08, 2006

On Religion

I find the concept of heaven slightly confusing. See, heaven is pleasure of the senses. So, anything that tastes, feels, looks, hears, smells good symbolises heaven. However, the seven deadly sins contradict that very definition of heaven. Gluttony is supposed to be a sin, but food makes us happy. Lust is a deadly sin, but of course sex makes us happy too. Isn't heaven all about the ultimate happiness? Eternal euphoria? Atleast it should be. It's supposed to be the exact opposite of Hell...which holds pain and suffering. So at the very least, heaven should hold comfort. Food and sex are comforting.

Some religions claim that heaven is supposed to free us of all desire so we are at peace. But in the absence of desire, people fall victim to chronic laziness...which is another deadly sin; Sloth.

So untill someone can enlighten me with alternate solutions, the only thing I can conclude is that heaven either doesn't exist, which is the most probable explaination, or it simply follows earthly laws where the consequences of fornication and stuffing your face are no more serious than law suits and smelly gas.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

ahem, but how do u kno tht sex is comfortin???

aru murthy said...

ditto

Bharath Ranganathan said...

Or that you are agnostic...or an aethist...
Fair points though....merely viewpoints...very debateable

Anonymous said...

ITS FUNNY HOW A TWIST OF WORDS CAN MAKE US QUESTION THE VERY BASIS OF WELL ESTABLISHED IDEALS....THAT WAS
INTERESTINGLY PUT FORTH...not to mention that it tickled my funny bone