" Passion can quickly slip into jealousy or hatred"- Arthur Golden

THE SOCH BIGOTRY INDEX (Beta!):

What nature couldn't do to man, civilisation and technology have done- infusing an infinite capacity to hate. Of course, there is also an infinite capacity to admire and love- but, honestly and practically speaking, who cares?The cave man was fond about, may be, food. He wouldn't have minded killing an animal or even a fellow human, but could he harbour hatred as much as we can? At least, as widespread and long-lasting as we have?As we have started speaking (aka tweeting or blogging etc.) to complete strangers in even distant lands, and on everything under the sun- our capacity to spread venom has grown manifold. We have been opened to all the ideas of the world. How many of them do we hate, often viscerally?A common source of hatred and bigotry is religion- but the list doesn't end with it. Economic, social or spiritual- in every turf we see 'ideological' battles, which are logical only so much as the word goes! Beyond criticisms and sarcasm, there is lot of mud-slinging, open bigotry, abuses and vicious 'trolls' where people are only too eager and pointing a nasty finger at the other side. And in this spread-hatred-and-escape-scotfree online world, there is seldom a need to remain courteous and respectful. And what starts in the virtual world often spills to the streets with bigots or fanatics or impatient brewing violence, isn't it?While those bigots on the streets are recognized for their intolerance and hatred, there remain traces of the same hatred in most of us. So, for own good, how do we know how bigoted we are?Here, SOCH offers a little tool to rate our own hatred-potential. Democracy and republicanism have spread across the world in the past century, but often only in name. A real democratic republic needs articulate but courteous, passionate but tolerant citizenry. Collective governance can not happen when we keep digging the faultlines deeper. Despite inevitable ideological sparring, restrained and respectful debates are possible. That, of course, needs us not to bigoted!And this republic day (in India) is an apt occasion to check if we ourselves help the cause of democracy or not!What is the reason that you love your own religion? And what is (are) the reason(s) that you hate another religion(s)?Have you located yourself on the chart? The farther you go along the diagonal arrow- we are sorry- the more bigoted you are! And well, by religion we mean any religious/spiritual ideology one stands for- including being irreligious or atheistic. The idea is simple- your hatred gets absurd if you hate someone for flimsy reasons, often on an individual's level (and not as an idea). Likewise, if you love yourself due to a fat personal/community ego- then you are probably being unreasonable.[A sample:I hate a religion X as I feel its theology is false and for the conflicts the religion caused. And I love my own religion for rituals as well as its glorious history and expansion. So how bigoted am I- little near the middle of the chart, moderately bigoted :)! (Essentially, the highest factor locates you in the chart!)]May be, we all hate certain things a bit - but, hopefully, we can keep it to a minimum! On a more generic tone, we would prescribe the following to gauge your hatred against ANY ideology- not just religious.So, then,? :)P.S.- any better suggestion to rank hatred and bigotry? Do let us know !!