Justice in the Hands of Torture - Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

will immediately say that his ‘religion’ is a matter of pure faith. Butthe pity is that only in the field of ‘religion’ he calls faith into aidand ends with it. The very same person may be a lawyer or a doctor,and in that field he never calls or relies upon faith so much. Hisvery birth is not a myth, his relationship with the world and thepeople is also not so. So we find two distinct compartments in oneman, one taking refuge under the so-called faith, the other resortingto hard and unnegatable facts and the findings based upon it.I ask: is this not an incoherence? Can there not be a harmony, agreater affinity between the two?Religion might have remained within the so-called temples, dealtwith and pursued as an emotional extension of one’s being. But isman merely a product and outcome of sentiments alone? In thatcase, there should be no discussion of knowledge or the effort topromote it in several fields.Religion and ReasonThe flat earth of the ancient religionist cannot any more be acceptableto our children or even to the present elders. That earth whichwas flat then has now turned to be round. It has further grown as abubble in the bottom-less and borderless womb of space, its veryweight and density to be even questioned and doubted at a certainlevel. Yet man continues to live here. Naturally the question arises:What is this religion according to the developed understanding ofman and in conformity with his elevated pursuits. If religion cannotbe described in the language of understanding, then it cannotsuit the man of understanding.I was born in a pious family. I was brought up also as that. Besides32