| Most of the
religions of the world, remnants of worn medieval mind, struggle between a new secular
modernism and an old retarded fundamentalism. Some are still trying to impose their
selfish will upon the world and convert the planet to their narrow beliefs - that theirs
is the only true God, prophet or holy book - as if the acceptance of their religious dogma
would somehow solve our human problems. Other
religions have comprised and are willing to take a corner in the new material age, bowing
down to science as long as they are given a place to continue ruling over their diminished
flocks. The great spiritual traditions of the East, Hinduism and Buddhism, do battle with
the economic and ideological forces of the West, and the continued shadow of proselytizing
Western religions which would still destroy them if they could. |
