Necessary Evil? (Religion Explained)
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So been on a hell of a journey, last couple of years...there really should be more college prep.... ANYWAYS
Been doing some thinking and came to a conclusion bout Christianity, Islam, and all the other "Beliefs" out there.
In "most" of these beliefs( i say most because i do not know all of them) there are rules and a general guideline to leading a good life. While the definition of good might differ slightly depending which religion you choose, i do not believe any of them makes it okay to do harm to someone who has done no harm to you, or to cheat or kill unnecessarily.
Now to the heart of this discussion. There are those entitled to their opinion that believe Religion should not be here because of all the grief and heartache it has seemed to cause. The killings in the name of an unforseen God, The injustices in said religions that seem to make one man more important than another.
GUESS WHAT?
That is wayyyyyyy better than the alternative.
What is the alternative? you ask, well i will tell you. Imagine a world with nothing morally binding you to do good to your fellow neighbor. We live in a world right now where children are brought up with ethics and morals regardless of religion but that nevertheless is because of religion.
How many generations in this imagined world before your great great grandchildren decide the teachings from this generation make no sense because they don't know what happens to them after death but they don't care anyways. Religion tries to explain that in a way that brings some order to a world that would otherwise be wholly chaotic.
You might be inclined to say i would never kill someone, or betray my family or hurt a dear friend. The reason that is, is because from a young age you are programmed with a sense of right and wrong, A sense of Good and evil. From the movies you watch where good and evil is as stark as night and day. To your parents getting mad when you steal, lie or what have you. What do you think the basis for those things are on? that is right you guessed it Religion.
Remember Human nature is not necessarily good. Religion goes against human nature and forces us to be different than what we would naturally do. We all know the religion extremists; for the past number of years our focus have been on the Muslim kind.(Dont forget the crusades((christian extremists))) Imagine those same extremists from any religion not having a religion to bond too. Those same desires and emotions will still be there who is to say it won't bring about a greater evil? whose to say it will, but i will choose the evil i know.
If not for Religion, why be good when there is no hell. why treat each other fairly when the worst that could happen to you would just be death. Why follow the rules except that maybe one day you will be rewarded for it in heaven.
The answer to why Religion is even around is the answer to the question that every man and woman at one point asks themselves, "What is the purpose of my existence?"
Ask yourself this Which came first God or the Need for God?
If you believe in evolution which science points too, then at one point we were no smarter than the animals that we share this earth with, but something made our consciousness evolve and at that point we were able to question our surroundings and along the way the idea of God came about.
Now if you believe in creationism. Here is something to blow your mind. The bible says that the earth and everything in it was made in 7 days. The characteristics for a day were explained no getting around that(sunrise to sunset) but what it does not say is that the earth was created in 7 CONSECUTIVE days. What does this mean? It means that God could have created the waters and not done anything for a million or so years then created dinosaurs and other extinct animals then another million or so years then man and so forth..hope you get the idea...this theory of mine could be another factor in how science might predate the Bible but does not disprove it.
In the end I do not believe that we want to live in a world without religion. I believe that we have all experienced some of the negative effects of religion.(such as parents forcing you to go to a church you dont want to, or having to be randomly selected in an airport because you "fit a description")
We want a world without those negative effects of religion.
=The first step?
Enough with these threads proving or disproving God. Greater men than you have tried and swayed few peoples general inclination.
Second? Religious tolerance. If you dont believe it then dont. Don't try to bring others to your cause. or maybe it is your religion to bring others, dont judge those who dont want to hear it and live and let live...
Thanks for reading Hope this enlightened some, while not offending any
So been on a hell of a journey, last couple of years...there really should be more college prep.... ANYWAYS
Been doing some thinking and came to a conclusion bout Christianity, Islam, and all the other "Beliefs" out there.
In "most" of these beliefs( i say most because i do not know all of them) there are rules and a general guideline to leading a good life. While the definition of good might differ slightly depending which religion you choose, i do not believe any of them makes it okay to do harm to someone who has done no harm to you, or to cheat or kill unnecessarily.
Now to the heart of this discussion. There are those entitled to their opinion that believe Religion should not be here because of all the grief and heartache it has seemed to cause. The killings in the name of an unforseen God, The injustices in said religions that seem to make one man more important than another.
GUESS WHAT?
That is wayyyyyyy better than the alternative.
What is the alternative? you ask, well i will tell you. Imagine a world with nothing morally binding you to do good to your fellow neighbor. We live in a world right now where children are brought up with ethics and morals regardless of religion but that nevertheless is because of religion.
How many generations in this imagined world before your great great grandchildren decide the teachings from this generation make no sense because they don't know what happens to them after death but they don't care anyways. Religion tries to explain that in a way that brings some order to a world that would otherwise be wholly chaotic.
You might be inclined to say i would never kill someone, or betray my family or hurt a dear friend. The reason that is, is because from a young age you are programmed with a sense of right and wrong, A sense of Good and evil. From the movies you watch where good and evil is as stark as night and day. To your parents getting mad when you steal, lie or what have you. What do you think the basis for those things are on? that is right you guessed it Religion.
Remember Human nature is not necessarily good. Religion goes against human nature and forces us to be different than what we would naturally do. We all know the religion extremists; for the past number of years our focus have been on the Muslim kind.(Dont forget the crusades((christian extremists))) Imagine those same extremists from any religion not having a religion to bond too. Those same desires and emotions will still be there who is to say it won't bring about a greater evil? whose to say it will, but i will choose the evil i know.
If not for Religion, why be good when there is no hell. why treat each other fairly when the worst that could happen to you would just be death. Why follow the rules except that maybe one day you will be rewarded for it in heaven.
The answer to why Religion is even around is the answer to the question that every man and woman at one point asks themselves, "What is the purpose of my existence?"
Ask yourself this Which came first God or the Need for God?
If you believe in evolution which science points too, then at one point we were no smarter than the animals that we share this earth with, but something made our consciousness evolve and at that point we were able to question our surroundings and along the way the idea of God came about.
Now if you believe in creationism. Here is something to blow your mind. The bible says that the earth and everything in it was made in 7 days. The characteristics for a day were explained no getting around that(sunrise to sunset) but what it does not say is that the earth was created in 7 CONSECUTIVE days. What does this mean? It means that God could have created the waters and not done anything for a million or so years then created dinosaurs and other extinct animals then another million or so years then man and so forth..hope you get the idea...this theory of mine could be another factor in how science might predate the Bible but does not disprove it.
In the end I do not believe that we want to live in a world without religion. I believe that we have all experienced some of the negative effects of religion.(such as parents forcing you to go to a church you dont want to, or having to be randomly selected in an airport because you "fit a description")
We want a world without those negative effects of religion.
=The first step?
Enough with these threads proving or disproving God. Greater men than you have tried and swayed few peoples general inclination.
Second? Religious tolerance. If you dont believe it then dont. Don't try to bring others to your cause. or maybe it is your religion to bring others, dont judge those who dont want to hear it and live and let live...
Thanks for reading Hope this enlightened some, while not offending any
R
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Originally Posted by Ethereal
