Oliver DeMille says to admit that there's something higher than ourselves (Thomas Jefferson Education), and I do believe in a lot of ways that's important. Having a sense of spirituality tends to hold a kind of balance in life. However...
It's gotten to an extreme point. You could case argue for religion, you could definitely argue against religion. Why do people want to get up in each other's faces over something *eeeh* kind of minimal? Maybe God's important, maybe he's not, but should it really interfere with the way that you interact with people?
The fact is that no. It doesn't. I've heard some people say that the world would be a better place if the world was (undisclosed) religion. Then certain things wouldn't happen, because there would be nothing but good people.. right?
TERRIBLE ARGUMENT!
There are good and bad people within every religion. In fact, there's good and bad within every religion. It bothers me when people try to ignore the things which just aren't good there. You're trying to convince me something is true, and yet your'e not willing to admit that the people within your religion made mistakes as well?
Umm.. how about not? As humans, we're naturally imperfect. We naturally have instincts within us that are.. kind of dangerous. We also have good within us, but that's besides the point.
This is a New Divide, and I believe in some ways it's getting worse. Lots of people are deciding for religion, and even more against. You have your choice. Wither you're for religion or not.. it doesn't really matter. The point of this entry is to point out the ridiculousness of doing things like
a) Disowning your family over religion: family is supposed to be there for you no matter what. Wither you leave, or wither you convert into a new religion, I believe that family should be there every step of the way.
b) Ending friendship over religion: basically same reasoning as the last one. I know you feel you have some kind of right, but are you sheltering yourself and proving that you really love the person? No, you're not. You're showing that in some way or another, you can't be the accept the change they're trying to make.
c) If someone leaves (or joins) don't bug them: Don't consistently tell them that they made the wrong choice, don't do things out of boosting your own ego... As far as I'm aware they're still the same person, the same friend that you had all along. Chances are they know what decision is best for them. They may come back, they may leave their specified religion, but what should that have to do with associating with them? The more you push, guaranteed, they will pull. They don't want it rubbed in their faces every single time that they could be so much happier one way or another, they don't want want to be bugged about activities that are happening or aren't... they just want to live and be allowed to do what they want, just like everyone else.
d) Try understanding the emotional transition they're going to go through: Often religion is a part of our central core, a huge piece of life, so shifting it in one direction or another can be very emotionally straining. It's easy to say 'just move on' but the fact of the matter is, that if they don't deal with those feelings, there will be a lot of emotional harm done. It's better that they deal immediately and become happy with whatever they decision they make (and if they choose to go back to their old way, that's okay too) than them never get over it, constantly having feelings of regret, anger or hurt because they didn't fully transition in their core.
There are many other things to consider, but I believe these to be the important things. Call me bias, but I recognized this problem even when I was religious. We now fail to see people as people, and all we can see is the label, when really the label is such a small part of who we are. All of us have hidden talents, and amazing things to offer this world. I really think that we should stop having silly things like this get in the way of having a full life experience. Let's live life for life... for that is the only thing worth living for. And, let's do it together. Let's stop fighting each other, start humbling ourselves, and start the generation of peace.
One can be hopeful, right?
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