
Komodia
Chile
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i absolutely agree with everything you said. nobody imposed me a religion (even though my mother is a believer (in god, not in religions), she also believes in freedom of choice.), that's why sometimes it's hard for me to understand people who need a religion, and not personal values, to consider themselves "good".. religion isn't the only influence in the world. There are also social influences like wars, the kind of parents you have/had, if you were loved or not, if you have education or not, what kind of people you've met in your life.. there are several things influencing us every day, because we cannot avoid being in contact with society, fortunately or unfortunately. We cannot avoid being in contact with nature (god?), either. If we do, we become unhappy and even agressive. Somehow, religion is in the middle of those two big influences in our life, telling us to repress our nature to be able to live as a society. We can see right now how some religions, or fights against religions, have destroyed a part of our world… Is it worth it, then? Maybe it's time to have direct contact with nature/god/whatever, now than people have more education and already know why there is a society, why it shouldn't be destroyed (or why you have to just leave peacefully if you don't like it..). People have LEARNT to want something, so much that many don't know what they REALLY want. There is always a factor, if it's not religion, it's what your parents taught you, what your school taught you, the way you relate with other people.. All those things make us who we are in part, then we can't say that we're free because we don't have a religion (talking about believers and non-believers). There is always a factor that keeps us from being what we'd be if we were born in the forest amongst animals. But what worries me is that Religion is one of the few factors that can break humanity apart. Because most religions tell you not to kill, not to hurt, but still people can kill and hurt for the sake of their gods, because "that's what god would want".. I don't say all religious people are like that, but they are not few. We can see this through history and yes, the end of the world hasn't come because of it but now I think that there's a big world war coming, and the two big forces will be western and eastern society models.. It will be a war of both religion and power/money. Religion in this case is a big excuse to avoid communication. Can't you see it coming? ok i don't mean to be apocalyptic. maybe we won't even be here when it happens, maybe it's closer to present than we think it to be but still.. religion has become an excuse to avoid communication and understanding amongst all human beings.
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