Social pollution?

Sir, - Compare religion with steam engines. Steam engines played a crucial role in the 19th century industrial revolution which made our lives comfortable. But today, steam engines are being phased out because of the pollution they cause. Similarly, religion helped in shaping and ushering in social order in primitive societies.

But today, it is causing ``social pollution.'' The shocking September 11 strikes and the destruction of the mosque at Ayodhya and the Buddhist sculptures in Afghanistan bear testimony to this.

All right-thinking people will agree that religion has absolutely no place in the modern society and those indulging in spreading this social pollution must be dealt with firmly.

Mohammed Salim,

Visakhapatnam, AP

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