Heresy

Published on 1st January, 2022, in Times of India. Animals can attack you if you claim their foraging grounds, i.e. their territory. Humans can attack you if you trespass on their holy land. Holiness is a human construct designed to make us believe there is something more to this world than the mundane life of food and security, that we are not animals. We are special. Our lives have meaning and purpose. Thus any attack on things deemed holy is an attack on our sense of self, and our self-worth. Holiness is created in many ways. The oldest way is taboo. You are not allowed ..