Examining the Failure of World Religions
By Dr. Moorthy Muthuswamy
New York



I would like to give a counterpoint to the column titled "Examining the Failure of World Religions" by Dr. Amjad Hussain in my capacity as a nuclear physicist.

I think the time has come to study the underpinnings of all religions objectively.
We know from archeological studies that medieval civilizations that existed thousands of years ago had far less sophisticated infrastructure. As a scientist I can tell you that building an extensive understanding of nature requires sophisticated experimental verification that in turn requires highly complex infrastructure – like we have in the modern times.

Hence, there exists little basis that these medieval civilizations could have come up with an all-encompassing "theory of origin" and governance called religion when they had a very primitive, mostly shown to be false, understanding of nature around them. Given their state of ignorance it is highly unlikely that they could really appreciate any "revelations" or distinguish the "real" ones. In fact, civilization progress we see today was first initiated in many western Christian nations by braking the shackles imposed by the religious order, and let modern science and commonsense guide the society.

This is the big picture we all need to keep in mind.


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