We all celebrate our religious festivals so what's the harm in having a worship place around us. If it is maintained tidily and harmoniously then it's not a hindrance to the people and the education system. By comparing the number of temple and education centre is actually of no relevance.
There is nothing wrong absolutely in having places of worship or doing worshiping. Having educational institutions is also important rather more important in development of the country. If places of worship outnumber the educational institutions ,how one can expect an educated society and a country can develop?
There are so many religions and people from every religion would need a place of worship in the vicinity. So, naturally there will be more places of worship. It is not correct to make a comparison with the number of educational institutions. It would have made more sense if survey showed comparison between the money being wasted on the number of pubs etc in the cities and the amount spent for promoting education.
The purpose is to provide the quality of education that helps in taking the country towards development. If these educational institutions serve this purpose, then there is nothing wrong in having more number of places of worship. But the things are happening in a different way. Quality education is deteriorating by day and above all there is no accessibility to a common man.
RAMAKRISHNAN. A wrote:Definitely there should be sufficient educational institutions, infrastructure and staff to improve the educational level of the nation. It should be done with proper planning and action. But what has religion to do here? It is true that the places of worship are more in number. But how do they affect or do any harm to the educational sector? Education and religion are two independent subjects and I couldn’t find any relevance in bringing them face to face for a comparison.
Number of education institutions is not enough in India and education institutes which are working is not able to give quality education. Education and religion have not any relation specialy is ref. of Hindus.
anil wrote:RAMAKRISHNAN. A wrote:Definitely there should be sufficient educational institutions, infrastructure and staff to improve the educational level of the nation. It should be done with proper planning and action. But what has religion to do here? It is true that the places of worship are more in number. But how do they affect or do any harm to the educational sector? Education and religion are two independent subjects and I couldn’t find any relevance in bringing them face to face for a comparison.
Number of education institutions is not enough in India and education institutes which are working is not able to give quality education. Education and religion have not any relation specialy is ref. of Hindus.
Of course there is no relation between religion and education. But education is as important as religion in view of the necessity of developing the the country. Anybody will agree that how vital is the role of education in the development of a country. If these educational institutions are increased and provide quality education, there is nothing wrong in having more places of worship.
rambabu wrote:anil wrote:RAMAKRISHNAN. A wrote:Definitely there should be sufficient educational institutions, infrastructure and staff to improve the educational level of the nation. It should be done with proper planning and action. But what has religion to do here? It is true that the places of worship are more in number. But how do they affect or do any harm to the educational sector? Education and religion are two independent subjects and I couldn’t find any relevance in bringing them face to face for a comparison.
Number of education institutions is not enough in India and education institutes which are working is not able to give quality education. Education and religion have not any relation specialy is ref. of Hindus.
Of course there is no relation between religion and education. But education is as important as religion in view of the necessity of developing the the country. Anybody will agree that how vital is the role of education in the development of a country. If these educational institutions are increased and provide quality education, there is nothing wrong in having more places of worship.
But it is not duty of educational institute of teach us about religion. Requirement of educational institutes is only for the young, but religious places are for all peoples, so these may be more than educational institutes.
Both Religion and Education are different institutions necessary and essential for the upkeep of society ! I agree with Lopamudra and the two should not be compared because their purpose is different . Places of worship for all religions and educational institutions can exist side by side as long as they don't clash and come in the way of each other
This goes on to show that Indians are fearful people who always want to reach to power of Lord in any case they feel the advent of fear onto their mental capacity. It is natural. Education is important and ratio should be increased so that future citizens have good impartment of education in order to build a strong society.
<p>The intention of giving comparative figures of worshipping places vs schools is to highlight the impact of the religion in the Indian life. The religious activities are mostly based on the belief whereas the education gives us the power to set up a logic behind every happening. The blind faith in rituals leads to superstitions and for elimination of the superstitions, we need education. Secondly, worship place includes mosques, churches, gurudwaras and other set-ups too. In some of such set-ups, we find educational wings like madarsa etc. too which impart religious teachings only. Only religious teachings sometime make out fanatics who create problems for the followers of other religions as we are witnessing now. Here, lies the need of enhancing independent educational institutes where career oriented programmes can be carried out.<p>
Absolutely, the need and importance of education can never be denied. Installation of quality education is the need of hour. Even if religious institution goes and carries on religion based education system still, they can widen the scope for modern education side by side. It is the truth and fact that one need to be emblem bed with modern education and professional education in order to stay ahead in the cut throat competitive environment.
Vinod Kumar Gulati wrote:<p>The intention of giving comparative figures of worshipping places vs schools is to highlight the impact of the religion in the Indian life. The religious activities are mostly based on the belief whereas the education gives us the power to set up a logic behind every happening. The blind faith in rituals leads to superstitions and for elimination of the superstitions, we need education. Secondly, worship place includes mosques, churches, gurudwaras and other set-ups too. In some of such set-ups, we find educational wings like madarsa etc. too which impart religious teachings only. Only religious teachings sometime make out fanatics who create problems for the followers of other religions as we are witnessing now. Here, lies the need of enhancing independent educational institutes where career oriented programmes can be carried out.<p>
Wish you were right. In India people get educated to learn a skill which will give them bread and butter. Otherwise almost all are as superstitious as the uneducated. Education has not made the desired dent. Even the Director of the Mars mission, before the Mangalyan launch held a pooja to boost chances of success. He apparently had more faith in it than his scientists and engineers (who also were praying)
Director of the Mars Mission before the Mangalyan launch holding Pooja has hampered the Success of Mangalyan success ? What's wrong if the director holds a puja for the success of the mission . Had he wished success without doing any efforts, then that's wrong.
Let's see the final output.
Belief is personal and just because a person is educated does not mean that he or she is going to give up his beliefs in god or religion. As long as it does not stand in the way of progress it hardly matters what ones personal leanings are.this is where the so called rationalists of our country have failed to make any mark because they force their views on believers going to the extent of ridiculing peoples faith which is why they are in turn hated by the majority of people. This also goes to show that most of them have failed to gauge the majority feeling ! Education may alter ones lifestyle and beliefs to a certain extent but not completely because these beliefs binds a person to his family, community and place.
People have right to their beliefs and a rationalist should not infringe on the beliefs and views of who he perceives as an irrationalist, however right or wrong he or she may be ...Let people have the freedom to decide for themselves instead of being constantly ridiculed about their faith and belief.
@Vinod Gulati