Before answering this question I just want to add a short a disclaimer that I respect each and every religion and this is just my perception of this particular question.
Can religion exist without God and God exist without religion? It is one of the most hypothetical questions which I have come across while reading. What I think that most of the people who devote their life in rites and ritual are actually afraid and they perform these rituals because they are in fear with a power which is unknown and invisible to them.
Talking about religion we see each and every religion has one thing in common that each of them teaches us to become human, it says to help who are in need, and build trust and spread love in the whole world.
But 90 out of 100 times it is found that people apart from doing these things are busy in showing the superiority of their religion and the most disheartening part is that they perform rituals blindly which is not written in any holy books which they admire too.
Each and every day we see debates on social media, television and so many other places where people say themselves volunteer of a particular religion and tell specialties of their religion.
But the point which always strikes in my mind is why can’t they debate on becoming human I mean what’s the point in fighting over these things when you can live a proper life in a good way helping others who are in need and all you will earn is an ardent amount of blessing from the people you helped.
Belief in God is really a very pure and something very divine but what I see that people are in search of God at wrong places. People offer money, jewels and many more materialistic things in ritual places but they get irritated when someone asks them to offer these things to inferior who are in need.
Just want to share a bit of my conversation with one of my colleague who is among people who blindly follow unnecessary rituals so all I asked him why can’t you offer this sum of money to a trust which will help someone instead of performing a ritual which completely has no sense, and his answered was “APNI APNI AASTHAA HAI” so that’s what the problem is with most of the folks and he didn’t even bother what impact his offering will do to a person who is in need.
People are confused about who God is actually is and are trapped with the traders of god. God didn’t create this world for people to shower flower and money and other things on him all he imagined was a world full of love and happiness.
But just like any other article on this issue on the web this answer which is actually not an answer but actually an appeal for people to not act blindly because of a fear which is actually fake will go in vain.
But one thing which is clear and I want to repeat again is that people are in search of God in wrong places.
