Islam And Christianity Are Not The Only Religions. Tolerance In A World Of Trash

        The world is drowning in plastics, other trash, poisons and contaminants, and while it becomes increasingly degraded, some of the world's religions, instead of addressing this destruction, instead are devoted to domination and proving other religions wrong.

        The arguments that a number of people make that Christianity or Islam are the only correct religions or path for the whole world conveniently forget that even those these two religions are the world's largest and most dominant, they are not the only religions on the planet. Hinduism, Buddhism, Baha'is, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Judaism, Jainism, just to name a few, conveniently get drowned out.

        There is not a single person walking the face of this earth that knows for sure what happens upon death, or what is God. People can only say what they believe or were brainwashed into believing. The religions that originated from the middle east are not the only valid ones, despite what many of their adherents think. The religions that originated and exist in what is now India, the rest of Asia, the Amazon jungle, Africa and other places are no less valid. Fortunately, not all religions in the world seek worldwide expansion and domination.

         No one can say for sure that Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Jainism, or another religion is true and correct. Again, people can only say what they were taught to believe or what they were brainwashed into believing. 

          No religion should preach hate, intolerance, and the demeaning of other people. No religion should resort to the use of violence to expand or maintain its membership. If religion is not promoting kindness, compassion, courage, goodwill and tolerance, then it is useless. No one can know with certainty what is the true religion or faith. But it is easy to know with certainty that when religion promotes hate, intolerance, greed, selfishness, violence, domination, mindless conformity, the subjugation of others, then it is following an evil path. 

           Religious tolerance means tolerance of people of other faiths. This does not mean rolling over when people of different faiths try to shove their beliefs down the throats of others. No religion should be above scrutiny and critical examination, especially when it insists only it is correct and true.

           Imagine if religions, which have spread like wildfire while earth turns into a sewer, spent  time and effort having their members pick up the massive amounts of garbage that now poison the oceans and lands.