Healigion offers a powerful examination of the consequences of religion throughout mankind's history. It looks at the origins and aspects of religious teachings and practices, and asks readers to open their minds to a belief system where it is not important if there is a god or not. "Healigion," Lightwala writes, "is a practice of ethics beyond 'belief.'
Imagine a world without religious dogmas and fanaticism, a world where everyone lives the Golden Rule – with or without God. See the rear cover for the illustration of the poster called the Golden Rule.
The book covers in layman’s language how to be a better human. It describes that you can be a good human with or without a belief in God, in the chapter ‘No God, No Problem.” It questions the occurrence of natural disasters and how God’s perfect design theory falls apart when disaster such as Tsunami occur. Amongst other topics, he discusses how religious hierarchy has been and still is responsible for wars and conflicts killing millions of innocent people. It also details basics of most religions and compares its scriptures and practices. Finally, it covers the chapter on Healigion, which details healing qualities of Religion with ethical practices of humanism that will result into a better society.
The author was born in India and migrated to the western countries at the age of 20, now living in Canada. His observations of friends and others following religious rituals like a ‘Herd’ always made him question many of these beliefs. After retirement he decided to portray many of these observations and life experiences resulting into this book.