If there are over 4000 religions (actually there are over 40000 variants), and new religions being created every day, shouldn’t someone be asking why?
If a religion is suppose to instill some sort of morality or ethics onto its followers, with as many devout individuals following all these different religions today, shouldn’t the world be at peace by now? It seems to me religions cause the exact opposite result. They separate the Human race further apart and is one of the largest reasons for many of the past and current wars. Doesn't that make religions more dangerous to humanity then drugs or terrorism? So what’s the point of a religion, what does it actually accomplish besides high body counts? Why do we still tolerate their existence? Why haven't we started a war against all religions?
The way I see it, there are 2 possibilities. Either there is a creator or there isn’t. If there is a creator, then that creator created all 6.5 billion of us. We are all the same, brothers and sisters. If there is no creator, then the creators are our parents. Again, we are the same, brothers and sisters. So creator or not, why are we, brothers and sisters, fighting and killing over the details of our origin? Isn’t the more important thing to consider is that we exist, that we have life, and that we are here now?
10,000 years ago Humans believed in order for the Sun to rise it had to be worshiped. Today, we know this as ridiculous. In another 10,000 years, how will humanity look back at us and view our behavior stemming from the beliefs of 4000 different religions?
Most people forget that todays most predominant religions were violently forced onto our less than bright ancestors and again, today we continue to blindly pass on to our children what our parents taught us about these already 2000 years old religions. How long will this go on? In essence, we are the ones continuing the possibilities of violence and the forcing upon of the future generations. If you can’t trust Humans with your social security number or trust that a message can make it one-time around a crowded room intact, why would you voluntarily enslave your mind or teach your child to enslave their minds to aged philosophies that divide the planet and stem wars?
Shouldn’t we doing the next best thing? Instead of putting our beliefs in a higher power, shouldn’t we putting our beliefs into ourselves, the children of the creator(s). Isn’t world peace and harmony an important goal of and for the children?
In my eyes, the facts that over 40000 different variants of religions exist prove to me that ALL religions are full of shit, are no longer relevant, and do more harm to the Human race then help.
Someone should create a bumper sticker, "Guns don't kill people, 40000 different religions do!".
If a creator does exist, I know the only place I could ever look and ever trust for information on spirituality is from within myself. To understand what is right and what is wrong I do not need a book, chants, prayers, rituals, hope, or any other intermediary claiming to speak for the creator or some religion. I only have to use the brain and heart in my body that has been evolving on this planet over the last 50,000 years to draw my own conclusions…helping other beings is right, harming other beings is wrong, being indifferent is a sin, sharing is caring, and cooperation trumps competition. That is a true faith.
Ha! If people had followed me instead of their religions, maybe we would already have world unity and world peace!
