We think religion is necessary and often have I contradicted the same.There is however a side that I wondered on ? If my argument were true that we do not need religion to live, why then is the same an integral part of life ?
A person in his life, is made of convictions he gathers.In other words an individual is always shaped by the beliefs, he possesses. Religion is such a belief. In short if the cornerstone of a persons identity is removed ,he no longer remains human. And as such religion and the concept of omniscience are deep rooted beliefs of mankind. This belief encompasses the myriad quests of man towards the enigma called life. All the answers bundled into an alchemic answer called God, and the fallacy of man to believe in something unproven rather than acknowledge ignorance.However I do think this is indeed a grand solution rather than a blind one turning man's ignorance to one of the cornerstones of society.
But with the waning of ignorance knowledge should percolate.Gods should wane. Does that happen ? No. We would rather be ready to accept a blind belief than to be shaken out of it.History has proven the same; a time too many. And so the charades of medieval ignorance continues to the day. I do not intend to question omniscience but the subtle maneuverings the concept has brought to the society. The concept our religions sell are aeons old, whence the tenets were made for survival.As the society and knowledge has progressed , religion has yielded to less ground to be fit for the modern society.In parts religion still follows the dogma of darker ages.We as people question the legitimacy of facts that religion gives us but are not willing to let go of the eventualities of fictional facts.
The very fundamentals of our religions are based on discredited facts.However we forget the threat by products of the facts still remain in our lives creating man a jig saw of ages. we are modern people with very outdated sets of understanding of our lives. For all meaningful and nascent aspects we look to the masters of dark ages for answers which very much explains man's reluctance to look to his present and future for answers.Much has the past been glorified and still we live in awe of the bygone. All our masters and teachers are in the past. Not because they were greater than present masters but for the fact that their thoughts cannot contradict ours. Just for the fact that we have grown able enough to understand what they said.
Simply said the creature of habit is happy enough to accept the dictates of medieval religions rather than to seek some answers to his own.We are ready to fight and die for cultures that are extinct.We follow religious policies that have no idea as to why they were created. Belief in religion is too blind for the recourse of humanity.
