The runaway train

In my view, religion holds an important part in public life and has done so since ancient times. Even if we live in a laic society, we cannot forget to give religion’s due place.

I believe it is not a question of democracy versus theocracy, but one of monopoly, as practiced by politics. Are we more democratic than we were before? Are we supporting diverse growth in different parts of the world? Are we imposing a “one size fits all” solution?

In my view, all this pushes us towards political monotheism. Everything becomes like an unmanned runaway train, ready to derail at any point, producing radicalism, extreme fundamentalism, terrorism, internal and external conflict, refugees, poverty etc.

If we look at the man-made calamities the world is facing today, we can assume that the “one size fits all” model of politics and democracy has failed, and local solutions must be sought and some of those might just involve bringing religion forward.