Why do we need religion?
hello brock. i have very ambiguous feelings about your statement so as much as i have tried i cannot answer directly. it seems to me it is not so much religion but rather ideology and the mind that separates people into categories. These r views that separate people indefinitely and sometimes for life. u see it happening between friends and people who have at one time loved one another. It shows a lack of love and empathy. This is not the fault of religion but rather the people in religion. It is the stubbornness and obstinance of people and their views. There r many people who have claimed undying love and friendship who will never talk again. People who use religion to justify fighting to the death for their views and untold atrocities and cruelness to others because of their views. How can this be true religion? In this sense i agree with u because i do not see how people can claim to be religious and spiritual and at the same time refuse to communicate with others and cut them off permanently. Worst yet to believe they r right about their views and the other persons are completely in the wrong. This shows a total lack of understanding in the name of religion which is really just the coldness of the human heart.
