With there being so many religions in the world ( the exact number unknown due to new religions being created weekly and 21 major religions according to Howmanyarethere.net. Most of us might lose some faith with all of this spritual confusion around us everyday. Who is to say losing faith is wrong though? what if every religion humanity as thought to create is wrong, and we all sit in hell (or some equivalent) talking about how we were all wrong. Religion does serve the purpose of giving life meaning because in most cases without the introduction of religion, people will ask "why are we here?" and be greeted by a resounding silence. Religion is the answer to that silence, but is that not an arrogance born of ignorance? To believe that we could assess what our creator is without any information other than written works by other human beings, the same imperfect creatures you and I are? You or others around you take these works to heart, but within these works it tells you not to worship a false God.... how do we know that the God we worship isn't the false one? Well, we don't , there is no imperical evidence that there is a God but there is also no evidence that there is not. So, I believe there must be something, but with the infinite universe which is expanding everyday the law of averages say, we can't possibly be correct in our assumptions about our creator. We can't even prove if there is other life in the galaxy yet. If there is, why is this not mentioned in the majority of our major religions? If there isn't, how terrifying is it to know we are all alone in an infinite galaxy? Would that not make us the masters of this dimension of existence?
"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity."
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
Have you ever gotten a job through another person? Think back to that experience and compare it to an experience in which you were not referred by another person. Ask your self a couple questions. Did you get the job in both situations? In which situation was the interview process easier? In which situation did you feel more comfortable? Which job was better? While you mull those questions over. Let me discuss my employment experiences with you. My first job was at a Pizza Hut, no friend recommended me to the job, the store just desperately needed delivery drivers [delivery driving has a low retention rate as I'm sure you can imagine]. The delivery driving job paid minimum wage unless you were out on delivery on which it paid half minimum wage [plus tips] and was part-time work. My second job was as a Peer Tutor at Gordon [State] College. I got the job, because I failed my English 1101 class. The class was at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and I was tired...
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