Conformity Of Religion Essay

Wandering thoughts race through my mind as I sit in a sanctuary while the priest declares his homily. Am I being ignorant or is my faith weak? The majority of religion is a blurry gray-area that has no definite answer. Nobody knows anything for sure because it is simply based on faith. Well, at least I don’t; nobody will tell me. We devote ourselves to faith, but do we truly believe in a God or are we conforming to the majority? If something cannot be proven and has multiple flaws, why does 84% of the world believe in it? Finally, the priest finishes his homily and everybody stands. I awake from my trance and join the crowd like a mummy in ancient Egypt.

Tracing any religion back to its origins, somebody formed something out of nothing not knowing what it would turn into. At this point in time, if a person were to create a religion, they would be seen as a fool rather than a genius, yet the concept is essentially the same. What are the qualifications for a religion to be considered rightfully so? One would argue that the occurrence of miracles contributed to Christianity’s beginning, but said witnesses are gone now, to wherever they go. The timing of religion being discovered before technology is a bit suspicious. But what do I know when I have

I still haven’t found the store that sells Jesus’ flesh.

As time goes on, more and more interpretations about a religion emerges. Because it is based on judgment, there is no telling which one is correct, or if any are correct. There are thousands of religions in the world. If I was God and I wanted people to solely worship me, I would not create other Gods or religions. They tell us to love our neighbors, but our religions clash. How do I accept their differences without going against my own God? A person may be considered unholy and suffer in the pits of hell or get reincarnated into an ant for having opposing beliefs. But what do I know when I’m