My thoughts on religion

Today, in my English class, we have an assignment that we do as a class. This assignment encompasses reading an article from a Time magazine, or one of the million others that are in the classroom. The one that I read was written in 2006, and it was explaining an even that was happening. A “megapastor” had preached that he believes that God’s intention was for people to be rich. He was a protestant pastor, and he got this idea from the whole concept of God wanting the best for all of his believers. He even got one man in particular, to move across the United States to go live in the city in which he preached. The article was also explanatory of the opposition. Another megapastor had countered him, and said basically that it was a lewd claim, and the man was misinterpreting the bible.

My thoughts of religion are simple. I have no problem with the concept of it. It’s something people believe, and in return feel gratitude and happiness, and are sure of a grand ending. A heaven. That concept I have 0 problem with. None whatsoever. What I do have a problem with, however, is the way that some of the Chrisians or Muslims, or what have you, go around using their religion like a stiletto. They walk high with it, acting like their shoe (religion) is the best, and those who don’t believe are going to hell. I also dislike the fact that there has been many many deaths, robberies, and other crimes in the name of God. The crusades, for example.
At one point, I did a research project on the Cathars, an ancient Christian sect. The catholics killed off all of them in a huge crusade, because they thought that the Cathars were not followers of God, but rather heretics, all because of their rituals. Sure, there have been countless deaths due to other reasons, but there has been an obscene number due to religion.

When it comes to religions where there is no god, like satanism (or at leas that version of it where its mainly for yourself), well. I don’t have much to say to that, if you’re not bothering anyone.

Excuse the illogical pattern, this was written over time, so the train was lost.

~ by jbell2 on February 17, 2009.