Tradition is an obstacle to progress.' Express your views for or against
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Yes I believe traditions are an obstacle progress because they become our problems. They become our problems in this way suppose if we follow the traditions that girls after marriage must not go out the house in this world at present these women are the best home-maker and also the best business women's. If we go on following this traditions we fail to live. They are just a thought in our mind been flashing all the time to follow because of our past.
When we forget about the importance of how culture impacts change, we live in fear.
We limit our progress when we hold on to traditions that don't make sense anymore. When the traditions are oppressive and hurt our people rather then help them.
When we don't question ourselves and ask…“Why is this tradition still important? How does this tradition help our family, our culture, our way of life.” Why we did things the way we did, 50 or 40 years ago may not make sense today. Is there a better way? Instead of fearing change, we need to embrace it. Instead of blaming the younger generations for not learning the older traditions, we need to embrace them for what they know and what they hold as values and find ways to create new traditions that will include them, instead of outcast them.
Tradition keeps us from advancing Tradition is about thinking about how people in the past lived and using that as a guideline to our lives. I don't see the benefit of this, because, if we keep trying to live in the past, we distance ourselves from the gradual change happening in society. Tradition can often be perceived as good purely because of nostalgia. If it was so good back then, then why has society changed? It's like saying "I miss the days when we were just homo erectus. We sure had it right back then." People often think that the familiar is better and that different is bad; we should change that perspective.
-> Tradition promotes one to stay the same, keeping a custom and opposing change. Change is usually required for progress and tradition prevents this. Tradition keeps one in their comfort zone and forces them to continue that tradition, as it was passed on to them and will be passed on to others. Without traditions, people may have advanced much further.
I will say that I don't believe all traditions are an obstacle to progress, but they can be. Would it be considered a tradition for a male to be a priest, or for only men to play football? It really depends on how much of a factor gender roles, sexual orientation, and other aspects play into "tradition." By my conclusion, I do believe that many people consider the male being the priest a tradition. I do believe that people consider one man and one woman in a marriage a tradition. And if that is the case, yes, it gets in the way of progress.
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Traditions are essential, for alone our vision is too narrow. Together our vision widens and strength is renewed”. These words of Mark Reed hold great importance in the present day where tradition has, for some, become a barrier in the path of growth and progress.
The dictionary defines traditions as customs, opinions and beliefs handed down to posterity. How ridiculous is it, then, to consider tradition as an obstacle to progress? Tradition lays the foundation of development. How are we to learn from our follies made in the past when we are ignorant of the fact that they were even committed? To evolve as human beings and as a society we need to look at the faults of our ancestors and their hopes that those are not repeated.
Religion is an often talked about issue. Most people follow a particular religion because of what it teaches them and helps them attain. Many people are passionate about their religion because it lends them an identity. However, if it turns to extremism, progress in any sphere is hampered. Respect and tolerance are essential prerequisites for the functioning of a secular society like India. Can we thus hope of being an erudite and holistic race if we shun out traditions followed by others in our society?