As revolutionary technology grows more advanced and scientific discoveries are made exponentially, does religion’s old-fashioned ways really stand a chance? How much does it have left in the future? In the past, religion has caused wars and movements that shook the world’s foundations. To this day, religion is still extremely influential, but many people are starting to have doubts.
Being a non-religious person, I have noticed that almost all religions follow one basic pattern: a moral and divine life must be lead by following a certain set of rules. However, as many religious people spread the word of their faith, the way that some extremists spew hateful nonsense actually repels potential followers. In Jonathan Edwards’ sermon called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he describes how people who do not believe and love Jesus Christ will burn in the flames of everlasting hell. He tries to instill fear into the hearts of his listeners and guilt the so-called “sinners” that have no chance to enter heaven. Basically what Edwards claims is that God loves us but he also hates everyone and will make people suffer eternal damnation for not loving him back. If that’s how it is going to be, then count me out. As a child, I was raised as a Catholic. However, as I grew up, I realized that the things that the Catholics called love also included lots of hate. While Catholicism teaches to love everyone (even enemies), many of its followers harass people who are different from them. Thus, I pushed Catholicism away from myself. Yet, I still admire the part of religion that promotes kindness and internal beauty; it is the only that is keeping me from being completely disgusted by it.
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