Hindus defend atheists against Pope
If you remember, not too long ago, Pope Benedict XVI had some not so nice things to say about atheists. He said humanism without God is “inhuman,” and he had the nerve to accuse nontheists of being the “chief obstacles” to development to today (as apposed to a medieval religion).
Well now, Merinews.com, reports that Hindus have come to our defense:
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, said that as Catholics and Hindus and others had freedom of their belief systems and were respected for their respective choices, and so should be the atheists. A religious leader of Pope’s stature should have been more inclusive.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that although Pope talked about “right to religious freedom,” “cooperation of the human family,” “truly universal human community,” etc, in this document, he apparently condemned the beliefs of a considerable chunk of world population called atheists, humanists, etc.
Who were we as human beings to judge publicly that other humans’ beliefs different than us were “inhuman”?
We applauded Pope Benedict for his call for the “common good”, greater social responsibility, reform of financial bodies, sharing earth’s resources equitably; for taking a strong stand on environment; for criticism of growing divide between poor and rich and abuse of modern technologies; etc, as mentioned in this document but he need to learn to be more inclusive and large-hearted, Rajan Zed argued.
Here, here.
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