If we look at how the marriage of economics and religion has ruled the attitudes and beliefs we have today, we will know how superstitious we have been.
1.Incense sticks and its business
Why do we use incense sticks? Is it to have better fragrances in the hall? Yes it is! Infact it is to please oneself. God is enlightened and does not have materialistic desire for anything.
In the attempt to please god, we have been destroying environment. Incense sticks have the following impacts:
In the attempt to please god, we have been destroying environment. Incense sticks have the following impacts:
Destruction of forest: Incense sticks are made from plants materials like resin and gums. Resins and gums have protective functions in plants. Bamboo is also exploited for this purpose. For further history visit this.
Pollution: The incomplete combustion of plant materials emits carbon that react with a molecule of oxygen to produce carbon monoxide and then slowly carbon dioxide that is harmful as per climate change. Infact, the quantity alone from incense stick isn’t a big issue but it become issue when we are degrading the forest for the raw materials, machine for processing and emission from other sources.
Health issue: Carbon monoxide and other gases I don’t have no idea of will also affect health. People usually burn this in a closed room to have better fragrances.
Notwithstanding to the aforementioned result, the trade of incense sticks keep on happening and yearly substantial forest degradation happens. Forest degradation accounts for 20% of emission as per UN-REDD. People have been brainwashed by religious sentiments and acceptance and thus become high purchasers of this. Here religion is used as the tool to make use of economics.
Notwithstanding to the aforementioned result, the trade of incense sticks keep on happening and yearly substantial forest degradation happens. Forest degradation accounts for 20% of emission as per UN-REDD. People have been brainwashed by religious sentiments and acceptance and thus become high purchasers of this. Here religion is used as the tool to make use of economics.
Statues (Murthi): “They enter darkness those who worship natural things (for e.g. air, water, fire, etc.). They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti i.e. created things”. (Yajurved 40:9). Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires they worship demigods i.e. idols. and Deuteronomy 5:8-10
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. (Exodus 20:4–6)
Veda also says there is no image of god.
Therefore, Inspite of the statements in the scriptures many industries around the world sale statues and images of god .Who has seen god? And also in different times, different image of god is seen. The sale of image and statues has become so much that people earn their living by doing so. In disguise of religion, economics has played its cruel role in the society.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. (Exodus 20:4–6)
Veda also says there is no image of god.
Therefore, Inspite of the statements in the scriptures many industries around the world sale statues and images of god .Who has seen god? And also in different times, different image of god is seen. The sale of image and statues has become so much that people earn their living by doing so. In disguise of religion, economics has played its cruel role in the society.
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