Being good is being religious

Mar 24, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
I wish to respond briefly to Kaieteur News columnist Stella’s, “Religion does not necessarily equate to a good leader,” (20-03-11), in which she sought to rebut my contention that Guyana needed a leader who stood on the side of religion and truth, (Kaieteur News 28-02-11).
Stella’s argument was that today’s Christianity bore no semblance to the true teachings of Lord Jesus and that those who professed to be Christians chased after money, were selfish, hypocritical, and arrogant. She concluded, “A good leader does not have to be religious, because as is quite obvious, religion does not equate to being good…the characteristics of a good leader have nothing whatsoever to do with religion.”
Religion, as understood by Stella, is confined to the Abrahamic dogmas of belief in one God, one Book, a dress code, a communal place of worship, a set of commandments, tithes, and conversion of others.
So long as one abided by these modalities one was considered to be religious, so when the “religious person” sins, Stella says religion does not equate to being good. Stella should read some Vedic Scriptures to better understand what is religion.
In the Vedic prescribed way of life there is no dogma, no quantifying of God, no one book, no dress code, no commandments, no tithes, and no conversion of others.
In Vedic literature human purpose is to unite with God, and the way to do so is to take actions that will bring you closer to God. Only good actions can take you to God.
These good actions are considered religion. Goodness equals religion. So anyone who performs good actions is considered religious. In being religious we seek the truth. In seeking truth we seek God.
It is from this philosophical concept that I postulated that Guyana needed a leader of high moral and religious values, one who stood on the side of religion and truth, one such as David Granger.
The concept of the truthful and religious leader was so important in ancient India that the princes were taken from the palaces and placed in bare mud huts where they would spend years being trained by Brahmins in Ethics, Morality, Religion, politics, and military science. Such training was necessary to produce just and righteous Kings who would rule in the interests of their people.
Lord Jesus said, “A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit,” (Mat Ch7 V18).
The fruits of the PPP’s 19 year reign are state murder, rampant corruption, sexual predation, child molestation, prostitution of school girls, coke in lumber, starvation wages for workers, and fortunes and mansions for the government officials.
The PPP regime is like the corrupt tree. It can only produce evil fruits.
We need a good tree that only produces good fruits.
Malcolm Harripaul

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