"Religious Correctness" as opposed to "Political Correctness"

In the current scenario, even non politicians are obliged to be "politically correct". But it may be equally, if not more prudent, to be "religiously correct", religion being potentially more incendiary in its effects. It is axiomatic that a multiplicity of religions have come up to cater to the needs of different sections of people around the globe, at various points of history.

The ideas of "Chosen People" & "God's Own Country" being bandied about, are too ridiculous for words, implying a "step fatherly" God! The essential oneness of God & various religions as alternate ways was reiterated in India by near contemporaries, Shirdi Sai Baba & Sri Ramakrishna.

If one accepts the omniscience & omnipotence of God, one has to willy-nilly accept that God himself has allowed different religions to come up (like different languages) for different civilisations spread across space & time. So it ill behoves the human race to quarrel about the "true" or "better" religion.

One way out of this apparent conundrum is to elevate one's mindset from mere religion to spirituality, from which sane & logical viewpoint, one can observe things in their true perspective. This is brought out in the startlingly similar ideas espoused in the "Tat twam asi" of the Chandogya Upanishad, the "Ten perfections" of the Dhammapada, the Seven mansions in the "Interior Castle" of St. Teresa of Avila, the "Revelations of Divine Love" of Julian of Norwich & the love of Allah experienced by Rabia of Basra, to name a few.

To sum up, as writers from Thomas Paine (Age of Reason) to Richard Bach (Seagull) have opposed organised religions, with good reason, (which have an unfortunate tendency to sow discord), a spiritual viewpoint may be a more harmonious way of looking at things