Hi people! How is everything? It must be tough for some of you out there to accept the fact that summer's almost over and you have to go back to your everyday lives. But you never know what this new season might bring you so try to stay optimistic about it, even though this may seem difficult at such a time. Try to find a new hobby to do in your spare time, something that you've been wanting to do but kept putting it off for no adequate reason. That should motivate you enough for this season!
Anyway, getting back to the matter at hand, it would be nice to address another important issue: religion. Now before I begin, I would just like to say that anyone is of course entitled to their own opinion. Some are Orthodox, others are Catholic, others are Muslim, others are Mormons and so on. Every person can believe in whatever he/she wants to and that is fine.
But only when someone has given it a certain amount of thought and not just blindly following the same path from the day that they are born. Why? Because that's what everyone does and it would be weird to do otherwise. How logical of a way of thinking is that? How is disproving everyone else's religion just because "it seems weird" make any sense at all?
Parents raise their children to believe in deities. Some because of fear, others to lead them into a proper way of life and others because that's what they learned from their own parents and just think it normal to pass it down to the next generation. But with that same state of mind, we should've just blindly accepted that the Earth was flat and never looked into it because "that's the way it was". People should be able to question and choose what they believe in.
There are faiths that tell you what is right to eat and what isn't. There are other faiths that tell you how you are supposed to live your life. Some faiths even demand you give up your life for them! It is awful to watch children give up their lives for something that they were forced to believe in.
That isn't the true meaning of religion. The true meaning was just the need people have to answer to an authority higher to them, the need to believe that their life has some sort of meaning, some purpose. And these faiths were brought up in ancient times, when people were still wandering the planet, not having any goals or anything motivating them.
But today, we have all that. The meaning of religion has been twisted and corrupted by other people that like to take advantage of weaknesses. People need to understand that faith doesn't come from some higher authority but from themselves. Instead of having faith in some power that we don't even know exists and sacrificing time, effort or even lives for it, we should just put that belief in our own selves. That's the only true source of power. We sent people to the moon (soon to Mars), we make amazing scientific discoveries, we build incredible stuff, and yet we continue to believe in something above us. Having more faith in each other and ourselves would certainly work a whole lot better for us!
Anyway, getting back to the matter at hand, it would be nice to address another important issue: religion. Now before I begin, I would just like to say that anyone is of course entitled to their own opinion. Some are Orthodox, others are Catholic, others are Muslim, others are Mormons and so on. Every person can believe in whatever he/she wants to and that is fine.
But only when someone has given it a certain amount of thought and not just blindly following the same path from the day that they are born. Why? Because that's what everyone does and it would be weird to do otherwise. How logical of a way of thinking is that? How is disproving everyone else's religion just because "it seems weird" make any sense at all?
Parents raise their children to believe in deities. Some because of fear, others to lead them into a proper way of life and others because that's what they learned from their own parents and just think it normal to pass it down to the next generation. But with that same state of mind, we should've just blindly accepted that the Earth was flat and never looked into it because "that's the way it was". People should be able to question and choose what they believe in.
There are faiths that tell you what is right to eat and what isn't. There are other faiths that tell you how you are supposed to live your life. Some faiths even demand you give up your life for them! It is awful to watch children give up their lives for something that they were forced to believe in.
That isn't the true meaning of religion. The true meaning was just the need people have to answer to an authority higher to them, the need to believe that their life has some sort of meaning, some purpose. And these faiths were brought up in ancient times, when people were still wandering the planet, not having any goals or anything motivating them.
But today, we have all that. The meaning of religion has been twisted and corrupted by other people that like to take advantage of weaknesses. People need to understand that faith doesn't come from some higher authority but from themselves. Instead of having faith in some power that we don't even know exists and sacrificing time, effort or even lives for it, we should just put that belief in our own selves. That's the only true source of power. We sent people to the moon (soon to Mars), we make amazing scientific discoveries, we build incredible stuff, and yet we continue to believe in something above us. Having more faith in each other and ourselves would certainly work a whole lot better for us!
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