Are All Religions Alike? By Parwez - Resurgent Islam

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iuislltlderstandings. that leads to the concept of ''unifonnity
ofreligions".
The concept of supreme body has incessantly been coming
down since the beginning of man on this earth. When the
humanity was at its infantile period, the man had individual
pattern of living. He 'was weak and defenseless against the
Powerful bI:.asts that roamed about him. He used to live in
jungles. ,,!vines and caves. Fruit and prey were the main
sources of bis living. No man had any individual relation
. with any other man. In this mode of living, the relation of
"God"with man was no more than the man's prostrating
~fore Him at the eve of any affliction, calamity, disaster,
ffiisforrune, or trouble and of daReing at the momentS of
mirth and happiness as if it fs festivity rejoicing. "God" was
either in the garb. of deity. gods, goddesses, or in the fonn
of idols. The. utmost en!leav0ur of man was to keep these
deities happy. The name of the outward manifestation of
this struggle was "worship". During, this period, whenever
the light of the Divine Revelation came, it sh~ded away
the wrong veils of the ~·made concepts, p.nd gave the
true concept ()f God: When this light was lost. the same
darkness of ignorance Rrevail.ed upon the human universe.
SlQwly but gradually the h'umanity passed through some
higher' evolutionary stages of life. He could survive only
through some fonn of group life. A band of men could
survive under conditioits in which a single individual had
no cbance. so early men natunllly lived in groups. Some'
fonn ofsocial organization is Recessary for group life Thus
he laid the fOl/nda'tion of gregirious life. The first social
ties came from blood relationship. Now the tendency
diverted frQm individual mode of living to tribal fonn' of
life. The,men started establishing sllCCOUr and c()-()Peration
among one another. The varioUs fonns of participatOry
actions Started burgeoning. This stemmed the issues of
mutual rights and their preservation. For prescribing correct