Destructive Religion
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Research Paper
Daniel Gomez
PHL 2010
Professor Paige M. Erickson
28 April 2013
Daniel Gomez
Professor Paige M. Erickson
PHL 2010
20 April 2013
Research Paper Religion has been very important in people’s lives for thousands of years, and most likely will stay for years to come, “God is dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown”(Nietzsche, “Gay Science” s.108). Because it has been such a big part of people’s lives, people don’t want to, or are taught not to question these rules and stories that are told, it takes away their freedom. Religion also tends to be antiquated, its rules and regulations often don’t adhere to the modern world and therefore lead to conflict. Finally, because Religion tends to become an organization or a group, it needs a leader, which causes a great problem because of the human factor and most of all because it is very easy to control people with something they deem as the absolute truth. In our society religion is a destructive force that needs to be addressed, in modern times the need for a more updated view on modern issues is something very important that can and will shape the future, religion must be fixed. Religion has been around for thousands of years; it has been a guiding force in many nations and still is very much alive today. Humanity in this day and age does not know a time when religion was not a very big part of life, practitioner of a religion or not sadly everyone ends up being affected. The human culture is so bound in religion that they stop questioning what these religious groups say, in fact people are taught not to question anything, “What is wanted is blindness and intoxication and an eternal song over the waves in which reason has drowned”(Nietzsche, “Daybreak” s.89). If anyone were to speak a word of doubt about each religion’s respective holy book, they would be labeled as
Research Paper
Daniel Gomez
PHL 2010
Professor Paige M. Erickson
28 April 2013
Daniel Gomez
Professor Paige M. Erickson
PHL 2010
20 April 2013
Research Paper Religion has been very important in people’s lives for thousands of years, and most likely will stay for years to come, “God is dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown”(Nietzsche, “Gay Science” s.108). Because it has been such a big part of people’s lives, people don’t want to, or are taught not to question these rules and stories that are told, it takes away their freedom. Religion also tends to be antiquated, its rules and regulations often don’t adhere to the modern world and therefore lead to conflict. Finally, because Religion tends to become an organization or a group, it needs a leader, which causes a great problem because of the human factor and most of all because it is very easy to control people with something they deem as the absolute truth. In our society religion is a destructive force that needs to be addressed, in modern times the need for a more updated view on modern issues is something very important that can and will shape the future, religion must be fixed. Religion has been around for thousands of years; it has been a guiding force in many nations and still is very much alive today. Humanity in this day and age does not know a time when religion was not a very big part of life, practitioner of a religion or not sadly everyone ends up being affected. The human culture is so bound in religion that they stop questioning what these religious groups say, in fact people are taught not to question anything, “What is wanted is blindness and intoxication and an eternal song over the waves in which reason has drowned”(Nietzsche, “Daybreak” s.89). If anyone were to speak a word of doubt about each religion’s respective holy book, they would be labeled as
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