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Role of Religion in unity of Mankind and World Peace
The present panorama of the world
We are living in the age of science and technology. The advancement in our scientific knowledge has removed our religious superstitions and false dogmas. But unfortunately and surprisingly, it has also shaken our mutual faith, faith in moral virtues as well as religio-spiritual values. The old social and spiritual values of life acting as binding on humanity and based on religious beliefs have been made irrelevant by scientific knowledge and logical thinking. Till date, we have been unable to formulate or evolve a new value structure, so necessary for meaningful and peaceful living in society based on our scientific and logical outlook. We are living in a state of total chaos. In fact, the present age is the age of transition, old values have become irrelevant, and new ones have not been yet established. We have more knowledge and faith in atomic structure and power than the values needed for meaningful and peaceful life. Today, we strongly rely on the atomic power as our true rescuer, and discard the religio-spiritual values as mere superstitions. For us human being is either a complicated machine or at least a developed animal,
governed by his instincts and endowed with some faculties of mechanical reasoning. Thus, we have developed a totally materialistic and selfish outlook.
The advancement in all the walks of life and knowledge could not sublimate our animal and selfish nature. The animal instinct lying within us is still forceful and is dominating our individual and social behavior and due to this our life is full of excitements, emotional disorders and mental tensions. The single most specific feature, by which our age may be characterized, is tension and conflicts. Now a
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