Humanity is the quality of being human. Commonly also perceived as the quality of kindness, compassion, mercy, and altruism. Due to this, a commonly propagated notion is that Humanity is the best religion. This notion is entertained throughout the world by countless people regardless of their religion. This means when speaking of humanity people are ready to put it above their belief in god itself. The reason the word ‘humanity’ is considered synonymous with kindness and other morally good qualities is that regardless of religion, caste, creed, color, etc it is a universal human trait to be kind and to help fellow humans, with complete consciousness. Then is it better than all religions?
Let's entertain that and unveil it further. If the word Humanity itself comes from the qualities of human nature then why does it have a biased meaning? If the reason for associating it with kindness is because it is human nature to be kind then why is it not associated with cruelty? Is cruelty not a human instinct? Do humans not kill, cut, murder, butcher, corrupt, steal, or anything in that variation? Furthermore, is religion itself not human instinct? A three-year international research project, directed by two academics at the University of Oxford, finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife. Then if humanity is the best religion then not only is being kind, and compassionate a part of it but being cruel, stealing lands, and killing for money is also a part of the religion of humanity. Then is it really an intellectual statement to say that humanity is the best religion when all I mean from it is the good parts of humanity? And if there are no bad parts of humanity then why do crimes exist? Then is it right to say kindness is the best religion? So how many of us would be willing to be kind to Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or someone of that reputation? Is Justice the best religion then? Who’s justice? It is legal in the US for one to keep a gun while in India that could get you in serious trouble. What is justice for me in the US is injustice to me in India. Then what is the answer? What is the best religion? Moral laws, if manmade are different everywhere due to which absolute morality cannot be achieved in the entire world unless it is via a mainstream religion. For alcohol that’s prohibited to a Muslim in India is equally prohibited to a Muslim in the US. A follower of Ram will not touch meat in India or in the US. But if we take the more comfortable way out of it by saying that everyone should answer to a common notion of Humanity then that would, as explained be extremely unintellectual.