God belongs to whom? <br />To the fundamentalist, devotee, or to whom He belongs? <br />And belongs He only to the religion? <br />Religions hijacked by barbarians are <br />Causing civilized people confusion about religion; <br />Rituals are dominating, spirituality is missing; <br />Compassion and accommodation of dissidence disappeared; <br />Culture is defined and dictated by half-informed individuals; <br />Are religion and culture one and the same? <br />Is there any subtle difference leaving room to the individual’s interpretation? <br />Is religion just one aspect of sociology and social living among many? <br />Or an all encompassing and dominating social fabric <br />With no room or space for fresh weaving with new threads; <br />Are religions stagnated waters or flowing rivers; <br />Are they at dead end or are evolving? <br />Does at all God belong to religion? <br />Does not He have His own Existence, <br />Transcending limitations fixed by ignorant religious preachers and followers; <br />So many questions but no answer; <br />The Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent <br />Is understood confined to rituals and their performance; <br />It is sad that God is imprisoned in names, forms, slogans alone <br />And His presence every where and every moment <br />In the hearts of his Creation is forgotten; <br />God belongs to whom? <br />Belongs only to the religion, fundamentalist and such maniacs? <br />God only knows.<br /><br />Varanasi Ramabrahmam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/god-belongs-to-whom/
