Does Religion Still have a Role

     Religion was a binding and comforting standard throughout time. It started wars and ultimately ended them and caused turbulence and at the same time caused peaceful relationships between two or more identities. But now it seems Religion is more used for as an excuse more than a peaceful factor. But then again what was Religions goal to even begin with? If you believe in religion you might say that is was to bring the masses to follow the one true god and to unite god’s people, if you are not a believer you think it was just natural for religion to come about due to people’s interest in what comes after death and the power it comes with. Both point are completely valid and should be treated as such as if you do not think this you are closed minded and should stop reading here and comment below with your atheist or religious rant (I will publish it). Religion cannot be proven or fully disproven, so therefore you should be open to the other person’s ideas and this is why we have these atheist vs believers arguments; people will not be open to either side even existing. If something cannot be proven or fully disproven you are doing yourself a disservice to not even consider where the other side is coming from. Respect all, not just people of your religion, or lack of one, but everyone.

          Simple lack of respect and understanding is the reason why we humans fall over time and time again not learning from our mistakes when it comes to Religion. Almost no religion is spared from bloodshed, from Christianity to Animism, they are all guilty of tragic wars and killings in the name of their God, and if that is really true, that is one person I don’t want to meet. The greatest irony is Satanist I can say for fact has killed millions less people than the two largest religions, Islam and Christianity. While the average Satanist is despicable should we not compare the religions by death count and hold them accountable for some of the worst atrocities human kind has ever seen?

Religion how you look at it has good days and bad. Religion is the only common factor throughout time and binds and separates us as humans more than anything the world has ever seen even outpacing race and sexual orientation in modern times. Its good does not come without its bad. Sometimes I feel as if religion as a whole is just a tool for an excuse or as a legitimate reason to wreak havoc on the world, need I mention ISIS, the crusades, holocaust, witch trials. In modern time’s religion, particular Christianity, has been teaching tolerance which is a great step forward while others have been bombing and fighting each other. Christianity is the progressive’s religion they have been adapting and changing with the world almost as fast as the world changes around them. Sometimes they don’t get enough credit, but still does not atone for their sins in the past. One of the greatest threats religions has brought up, other than war, is ignorance, and Atheists do not have a break from this either. Atheists are sometimes just as ignorant as other religions. Religion teaches ignorance in my opinion as a form of defense for its believers to not be persuaded by the “devil” and be punished with Hell. Personally I would never join anything that would punish me for thinking differently than it, as it is a scare tactic to scare people into believing. But to teach people to not be open to other possibilities is once again a disservice to the person as an intellectual being. To close one’s mind is as to an effect closing one’s mind to learning at all. Religion must teach it’s believers to be open minded when it comes to the world or we will end up in a metaphorical iron box with no escape but only to find us not wanting to leave in fear of what is outside of the box.

Discussion Point- Is religion still relevant in modern society?

Discussion Point- This brings to me another point, should religion be taken seriously?

Discussion Point- Should religion conform to science? If not why?

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