The question," Does Humanity need Religion", is a trick question as the examiner after my first driving test in London at 16 told me when I asked him a question?
The actual question should be that " Does Religion need Humanity"?. And the answer to this one is absolutely
YES.
The problem arises when we start comparing Sikhi which is based on pragmatism- The Objective reality which is always changing with time, to the other religions which stopped in time because they were created based on dogmas that the creators made up- the Subjective Truths.
So, it is the religion that needs humanity to survive, not the other way around.
Allow me to give you a couple of examples to illustrate what I mean.
First and the foremost comes from our Guru's visions of Langer and Pangat where all have to sit together and share the same meal, irrespective of their caste and status with
no strings attached.
We call know the HIV pandemic in Africa and Asia including India and China and is ever increasing daily and talking many lives with it. The Catholic Church is against any kind of birth control so it prohibits the charities linked to it to distribute Condoms and Birth Control pills which act like levees- barges before the hurricane of this devastation disease comes rushing on to people.
One more example is from one of the most famous televangelists with his best selling book called," The Purpose driven life", which I did read and it is an insteresting book. The authour's name is Rick Warren. This book has made him a multimillionaire.
There are lots of positive things he has done with the money and his fame as a Pastor. He has given all the salary he earned from his church as the pastor before making the money from the book. He does not take any salary from his church and spends all the royalties to help people. BUT, he also does not supply condoms nor any other birth control methods and does not accept gays. He does help people with diseases like malaria potable water etc. etc. and has a network of people in Africa that convert others to Christianity while trying to help.
There are many Christian charities who act in the same manner where poverty and desperation are rampant, a must bait for them to spread "The Word", but are with
strings attached in the name of ONE GOD. Little do they know that ONE GOD is not a puppet, hence no strings needed.
Now let us take the example of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, the 2 richest men in the world. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has helped all kinds of needy people all around the world in all kinds of different fields with
no strings attached, because of his and his wife's values are based on pragmatism, not on some dictated dogmas. Warren Buffet has given almost all his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation for the same purpose.
These people are not flaunting their faiths/religions as Guru Nanak did not when he started the concept of Langer and Pangat, the corner stone to eradicate caste system and social differences. These 2 people are following Guru Nanak, quite unknowingly.
So, what was the question of the topic???!!!
Tejwant Singh
PS: It took me 5 tries to get my British Driver's licence. It is said that British Driver's licence is more difficult to obtain than to get a university degree.But the best part is that my licence only needs renewal when I am 75.