Now I, in fact, am Pagan, a belief system which is misinterpreted quite often. I have known people to call it devil worship, which is not true at all, and there are many prejudices against it in general. I see no reason for this. Just the fact that someone does not share my beliefs does not give them the right to assume it's something specifically against theirs.
Freedom of Religion, people. I think I'm beginning to love that part of the Constitution more and more each day. People have their rights to any religion as long as it doesn't harm other people. Because sacrificing people in the name of the "Devil" isn't cool. People are always trying to convert other people to their own religion, which often ends up in some kind of war. Religion is often connected to power and money and a certain drive for world domination. I'm not saying that religion is bad, I'm saying that some people use religion in bad ways.
Priests used to sell indulgences. Before the printing press was created, priests would often twist the Bible into whatever they wanted in order to influence the people. Political leaders are often chosen for religious reasons. As people living on one planet, we need to focus less on religion and more on what we can really see and feel. Because, truly, no one can actually see or talk to God. We can't hear him. We can't smell him. Religious peoples may try to say that we are always seeing, hearing, smelling, and speaking to God, we just don't know it- but how factual is that? That's like saying, "Oh yeah, you just ate dinner, you just don't know it because, even though you've been completely aware of everything for the past few hours, you couldn't feel, hear, see, smell, or taste the food you were eating."
If you can't believe that, then how can you believe in God?
No comments:
Post a Comment