Religion and critical thinking

Day 5 and 6 of our Life Class sparked intense discussions on critical thinking and religion, challenging our perspectives and deepening our understanding. As an individual born and raised in an orthodox Brahmin family, l’d like to share my thoughts on God, religion, and the intriguing connections l’ve discovered.

While the discussions in the critical thinking day 5 – provoked so many aspects about the belief system about the religion, I still believe the existence of a super power, Like concluded in the session by Vardan sir yesterday there might not be a proper evidence for the existence of religion /God, that we are in search for, however neither of us know how the vedas ,shlokas and mantras were developed that are in praise of Lord. I could still interpret the Darwin’s theory of evolution which points to the concept of Vishnu’s dasavatar in Hinduism while the latter part of it was found ages back and we term it as mythology. Dasavatar has taught the early humans about evolutionism and survival of the fittest way back however we are able to accept the scientific framework in a better way as modern humans.

I have also read articles that most premier research institutes have installed the idol of Nataraja -the dancing form Of shiva .
( https://tinyurl.com/3u76d9h6) While the scientists across the globe started believing about the super power Indian humans had, why are we still reluctant and in search of evidences is still a question unanswered in my mind.

While we all know that the universe follows diverse culture, we should start respecting the same. Also fostering a cultural empathy will help later generations understand the value system of our ecosystem.