One may stop to wonder at this topic and become naturally prejudiced
even before you start reading this article, some may not even stop to
read the first line once they have read the heading while others(a
select few that are open minded) will be piqued with interest and read
on to know what this article has to offer. Whatever category you belong
to. I urge you to read on.
Religion according to the Oxford dictionary is a system of faith based
on the belief in the existence of a god or gods and the activities that
are connected with the worship of them.
Religion has helped in so many ways to keep man on the straight and
narrow by appealing
to man's conscience and setting various moral
standards that can keep man in check and stop him from going overboard.
This obviously is a good thing so how can something so good keep a man
in bondage? Knowing well that being in bondage connotes slavery,
oppression, subjection, domination etc.
Religion has put a lot of people in bondage, yourself inclusive due to
its bias towards various aspects of life. There are things one would
naturally love to do but due to the criterias you have to meet in
relation to your religion, you restrict yourself from doing those
things, you have to stop yourself from thinking in a particular way
which is only true to your nature, you kill your desires,
dreams/aspirations. You cannot ask certain questions out loud or think
too deeply about certain issues in the world that give you concern for
fear of being blasphemous or described as 'weird' . You cannot empathize
or sympathize with a set of people in the open even if you feel this
way for fear of being labeled.
All for the sake of religion; man's strong desire to believe in
something greater than himself and a confirmation of our weakness, we
have relinquished our freedom for a bondage, a restriction, a subjection
that promises nirvana when we pass on to the next world.
Do not misconstrue my opinions, I am not saying religion is entirely bad
because we all know that if man has no moral compass, there will be
chaos in the world and that in the name of religion, generations have
been cut off, dreams crushed, ambitions destroyed, spirits broken,
etcetera. All i am saying is, what if there were not so many
restrictions, would there be so many do nots? Personally I believe that
man imposes his beliefs on other men in the name of religion because he
doesn't accept the way of life of a group of people. Sadly, man is
willing to do anything as long as religion is attached to it.
Finally Religion, in other words, serving God should be fun, done in
freedom without discrimination or prejudice. After all, you only know
that someone claims he heard from God, you weren't there neither did u
experience the encounter with him. Thus, Read your religious texts,
practice your religion, abide by the instructions that abideth therein,
live life, love people(which is very difficult by the way), be happy and
when death calls, you meet your creator or not( It all boils down to if
He/they truly exists or not) . Either way, you would have lived a
fulfilled life.
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