SUBMISSION TO UNREASON

SUBMISSION TO UNREASON 

They are in the deathgrip of their theology. It crushes and kills, allowing little freedom which is why there is neither growth nor progress within the polity but a stagnation that dates from medieval times and stretches unto modernity which though eludes them in their throttled thinking. The text dominates their lives and inspires them unto futile martyrdom. The focus of existence is elsewhere in the hereafter while life here on earth is passed in constant consternation of an absolute fiat whose judgement they must favourably gain to avoid the Fire they so fear. Enticements galore for the men, here and in heaven, subjugation of women, and submission overall to the divine dictate determine life on earth deemed as a test for a probable passage to a delectable heaven. Hatred of the infidel, the great calling to convert them to the one and only true faith and engagement in activity to that end consume earthly energy, leaving no scope for progress in a world of changing realities. Denied the right to challenge their faith, they are held captive to it, prisoners of transmitted culture from generation to generation, the process of indoctrination of the individual beginning from right after birth. Backwardness fosters hyper-fertility and the numbers grow unceasingly even as the interior rots.

The day is not far---and it is already happening---when newer generations will rebel against this brutalisation of the human soul by archaic absolutist ideology. Then the citadels of theocratic control will fall apart much like it did in the case of Christianity in the past several centuries. Enlightenment is bound to come, for the human soul is infinite and cannot be contained within the finite bounds of dogmatic faith. As of now it is a titanic struggle, the tug of war between identity culture and global liberalising influence. 

The races of the world are diversely developed owing to genetic, climatic and cultural factors. Hence, large sections of the world remain in the dark as yet, clinging to archaic conceptions, explanations of life, creation and the universe which have been debunked by scientific discoveries. The ability to adapt to the environment and evolve is not equally developed in all individuals, neither in the same measure in all races. Thus tribal culture persists in the garb of antiquated religions, holding humanity in its hypnotic grip still. But with the spread of information and the permeation of liberal culture, there will be a loosening of the theological grip on the masses and toxic texts will be rejected as unworthy of veneration by the moden mind. Then shall be light and then shall be liberation and then shall love spread around.

To that dawn, my dear,

I send forth these lines,

They'll waft through the starry skies

To welcome you with the light.

Written by Sugata Bose