New Delhi. Who is 79-year-old Javed Akhtar? There is no need to tell this to Hindi cinema lovers. Apart from films like ‘Sholay’ and ‘Deewar’, he has written the lyrics of many such songs which people still like to hum. Those who know Javed Akhtar closely know very well that he is an atheist. But why is it so? He recently answered this question and said that it is because he has the ability to think. He recently told how he escaped from religious ideology.
Javed Akhtar is known for his outspoken style. Recently, at an event of Indian Express, he once again talked about religion. He believes that people of 20th and 21st century have split personality.
Why is Javed Akhtar an atheist?
He was asked why he did not have religious feelings? How did he escape from religious ideology? To this Javed Akhtar replied, ‘We have reasoning, logic but a part of our brain has been damaged at that time. When we were children, we had no other way.’
Scientific thinking gets punished
Javed said that people who go against the rules of society are punished because of scientific thinking. He explained with an example, ’20th and 21st century is the time of schizophrenia. People have split personalities.’
Scientists were taunted for praying to God
Javed sahab further explained his point by giving the example of the moon and said, ‘In India, a man from ISRO can send a rocket to a part of the moon… but on the moon there is Chandralok, gods and goddesses used to live, you are sending a rocket there and as soon as it reaches there, you go to the temple. This is schizophrenia. This has happened for the first time in human history when your knowledge and information and your religious thinking are not matching.’
The umbilical cord is connected to the dark age
After this, Javed Akhtar said that all religions are in the ‘Dark Age’ and he said, ‘All these religions, without any exception, are from the Dark Age. Their roots are connected to the Dark Age. He said that the umbilical cord of the people has not been cut from the Dark Age.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 30, 2024, 14:40 IST
