Every nook and corner of our villages and cities havereligious structures. It makes me ask whether God needs money for protectionfrom human beings. People are convinced or call it blind faith that the moreyou give to God, the more you will be rewarded with monetary or other benefits.During the last ten days of 2018, it was reported that around 9.5 lakh peoplevisited the Shirdi temple and donated Rs 18.25 crore in cash and gold andsilver. The one God who created the universe and everything in it will surelybe dismayed at what is happening on this planet today. Religion is the biggestbusiness worldwide. The commercial aspects related to many television religiousnetworks are tremendous. It is estimated that only 16 percent of the people inthe world are non-religious. People in ancient times worshipped nature. Asscience progressed, the whole industry of religion with priests and devoteesreplaced the old witch doctors and superstitious to a large extent. It is saidthat religion has been dogmatised and codified by the cleverness of a few andthe fear of many.
