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Religion is Just Like a Brand Name

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We are more likely to prefer brands in this material world: “I need a Coach bag to carry my stuff”; “Louis Vuitton is better, rougher and tougher”, “Alexander McQueen is spacious and with more compartments”. [Using bags as an example doesn’t mean I'm saying women are crazier about brands compared to men; men love bags tooJ. If all we need is a bag, why are we so adamant about the brands? It’s just a label sticking outside the bag. Can anyone of you deny the quality of these brands? We can rate 5 stars for the quality but for designs we will rate according to our taste. So why are we looking at the brand of religion when the ultimate aim is to preach well about the Almighty? The only problem are the followers who insist their Almighty is exclusive and all other religions' Almighty is not almighty. The fact is all great masters (gurus, prophets, saints, rasul) attain the same vision of truth; one and eternal, which we call God. This direct vision of timeless truth forms