If you are South Asian or Middle Eastern origin person, and haven't seen Paris yet, be prepared to be treated like the Sikhs and people of Indian/Pakistan origin after 9/11 when you go there.. These mindless terrorist attacks on the basis of religion do good for nobody! The attackers mostly die, their loved ones suffer in grief, mourn and scorn, their religion gets a bad rep, their countries get put on the blacklist of travels, they suffer economic losses if they support these attacks, and poverty drives illiteracy and gives birth to more such people. As such their very own people suffer a consequence. Few misguided idiots cause hurt and pain to Nations! Its a lose lose situation.
My faith in any sort of religion just keeps diminishing after every such attack. I do fear the unknown, and do believe in fate, but I don't think any one religion has done a good job of consulting the right God. My religion is simple: Select whatever name, idol, face, entity, non entity you want to. Thank it/her/him for this life you have, seek wisdom to understand the difference in right and wrong and seek courage to do whats right. I make it a point to teach this to my son.
My faith in any sort of religion just keeps diminishing after every such attack. I do fear the unknown, and do believe in fate, but I don't think any one religion has done a good job of consulting the right God. My religion is simple: Select whatever name, idol, face, entity, non entity you want to. Thank it/her/him for this life you have, seek wisdom to understand the difference in right and wrong and seek courage to do whats right. I make it a point to teach this to my son.
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