What’s your take on religion [Spirituality & Religion]
Don’t me a jerk about it and no rude comments or they will be deleted.
Looking for actual responses.
Looking for actual responses.
26-30, F
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Ynotisay · M
Well, since you asked about religion and not the religious...
In my opinion, religion is a social construct entirely created by men to control behavior. All major religions are focused on growing so the obvious result is "us vs them.' The other component is, as far as I know, that all religions incorporate the concept of behavior on earth affecting the after life. As humans are the only animal that fears death it makes sense that something would be created to appease that fear.
So it pretty much comes down to "do you believe in an after-life?" If you don't then religion probably has very little impact on your life. That doesn't mean the religious don't have an impact though. They do.
In my opinion, religion is a social construct entirely created by men to control behavior. All major religions are focused on growing so the obvious result is "us vs them.' The other component is, as far as I know, that all religions incorporate the concept of behavior on earth affecting the after life. As humans are the only animal that fears death it makes sense that something would be created to appease that fear.
So it pretty much comes down to "do you believe in an after-life?" If you don't then religion probably has very little impact on your life. That doesn't mean the religious don't have an impact though. They do.