It is a fact that the imagery of hope and optimism provided by poetry, music, and many other emotionally uplifting things grew and got nurtured by religion, and other cults and creeds lying far beyond sterile premises of Science and technology.
True, faith and tendency to weave dreams, beyond certain levels can be toxic.
But in optimal doses they have always given us a lot of benefits.
And India without Ramayanam or Gita, could not have been the same.
The influence of Jesus and His message for love which spared nothing in its soothing embrace, has made our life on this earth much more worthy.
In the name of Jesus, how much pain and suffering gets redressed and how much human care is bestowed on hapless living beings, is there for all to see.
I would rather profess a judicious mixture of the Divine and the rational.
Excess of either can be toxic.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy
Attributed to Maria Edgeworth a nineteenth century Irish writer.
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