Okay, so, It had to happen. Now you are getting my view on religion.
I hope you don't expect a spiteful atheist rant because it ain't gonna happen. While I am Agnostic, the wimpy kid of all religions, I don't actually hate religion. It's funny, right? A teen in 2011, NOT hating religion. Those are hard to come by.
Now, I don't think I will need to say this nut just in case, I am not trying to push a view in any ones face or force religious ideals. Agnostic, remember? I am to generic and unsure for that.
So, many of the kids these days, especially at my age, think religion is stupid and terrible and why does it even exist. Well, while this is a valid point, I think it is a particularly ignorant one.While, sure, some religious people can get out of hand and become vicious bigoted monsters, starting arguments that usually end with "I'm right and that's that.", not all religious people are like this.
And it's not like a religion is a waste of time. It's an excellent use of it. It's given people goals to strive for. It's made people happy, and it's given them something to believe in. It let them believe that things could get better in the worst of times. And that's fine!
Although, it can get out of line and pretty... Shady sometimes. It's started wars and made people miserable. But the people who don't take their religion to extremes are fine. Like I said, it's made them happy, and that's fine.
They may not have the same ideals, but you know, no one does. I think that's for the best. Live and let live, right?
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All interesting and fine points. I see religion as beneficial to many, but I am undecided and want to remain neutral. For example, the idea of prayer curing disease is plausible, by mind over matter, to say the least. Yeah...
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