Criticising other religions?

[sridatta]

Anybody can criticize any other person in this creation. You can even criticize God who is beyond this creation. But you must know what real criticism is. Before criticizing the other person, you must first understand the person’s thoughts and position, as clearly as possible. You must even seek the clarification of your doubts regarding the other person’s position. After doing this, if you are not still satisfied, you can condemn the opponent’s concepts without attacking the opponent personally. If the opponent’s wrong concept has been criticized in a perfectly logical manner, the opponent should not take the criticism personally.

Your concepts are not your property registered in your name. So, the criticism of those concepts should not be misunderstood to be an attempt to take away your registered property from you! If your concept is defeated, you must thank the opponent for pointing out your mistaken concept and for replacing it with the correct concept. It is the defeated side that always benefits by learning the truth, whereas the winning side does not benefit in any way since the true concept was already known to the winner. The God of any religion should never be criticized by the followers of any other religion. They must realize that in doing so, they are criticizing the God of their own religion because the same God exists in all religions. Only the external cultures and languages vary.