May
6
Why Do People Need Religion?
Filed Under News And Society
Gregory Vanden Berge
To put it plain and simple, I think people need religion to inspire them and provide them with hope. Religion often offer their followers an after life if they’re good or a chance to be reincarnated and live again.
One of the biggest problems I have with religion is the fact that they make people feel guilty and you can find this in most of their religious text. Guilt seems to motivate people to try harder and do more for their god or creator.
I am also disgusted with the brainwashing of millions of people, including young children who don’t really know any better. I can’t understand why intelligent people don’t take the time to find the answers for themselves about their religion of choice. If they took the time to research their specific religion, the history and origins, they might not be so motivated to force their opinions or beliefs upon others.
Hope of entering into a kingdom upon death has inspired millions to joining large religious organizations and I can’t see this ending soon. Some of these people aren’t interested in other opinions and tend to live in a world surrounded by walls. Often these walls were created to keep outside opinions from corrupting their beliefs.
Someone asked me the other day, what if I don’t believe in religion, but everyone considers me to be a good moral person? I thought about this question for a moment and my response was simple,” You have nothing to worry about, if you’re happy with your life.”
This person was frightened to death and didn’t know whether he should pick two or three different religions to follow, just in case they were right. Thoughts like these sound crazy, but so do a lot of religions. You could live your entire life as a good person following Christianity, only to die and find out that the Hindus were right and you missed the train.
To put it plain and simple, I think people need religion to inspire them and provide them with hope. Religion often offer their followers an after life if they’re good or a chance to be reincarnated and live again.
One of the biggest problems I have with religion is the fact that they make people feel guilty and you can find this in most of their religious text. Guilt seems to motivate people to try harder and do more for their god or creator.
I am also disgusted with the brainwashing of millions of people, including young children who don’t really know any better. I can’t understand why intelligent people don’t take the time to find the answers for themselves about their religion of choice. If they took the time to research their specific religion, the history and origins, they might not be so motivated to force their opinions or beliefs upon others.
Hope of entering into a kingdom upon death has inspired millions to joining large religious organizations and I can’t see this ending soon. Some of these people aren’t interested in other opinions and tend to live in a world surrounded by walls. Often these walls were created to keep outside opinions from corrupting their beliefs.
Someone asked me the other day, what if I don’t believe in religion, but everyone considers me to be a good moral person? I thought about this question for a moment and my response was simple,” You have nothing to worry about, if you’re happy with your life.”
This person was frightened to death and didn’t know whether he should pick two or three different religions to follow, just in case they were right. Thoughts like these sound crazy, but so do a lot of religions. You could live your entire life as a good person following Christianity, only to die and find out that the Hindus were right and you missed the train.
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