Informative Essay On Religion

The audience for this informative essay is the professor of my English

Composition course, Pamela Hughes, and the entirety of my class. The purpose of this essay is to present an opinion of religion. The idea that religion is harmful to take to any extent of extremity. Though controversial, I believe that this topic should be addressed. It may be heinous and unfavorable to express an opinion that contains such heresy, but even if every word is disagreed with, it is always helpful to view something from another perspective.

Religion kills. It seems like such a disgusting sentence. It seems to turn up the noses of any creed. Uttering the phrase itself can lead to some intense, spiteful fears. Why is this? Perhaps it

Saying it is a religious matter does not justify a thing. Another sense of child abuse that is slightly less sadistic, is depravity. Furthermore, a parent does not have the right to neglect their child, except in a couple of instances due to religious beliefs. Fundamentalists and lobbyists have supported parents right to deny a child medical services due to religious faith. To those who do not believe this is depravity, here’s an example. Herbert and Catherine Schaible refused their child, Kent, medical care when he got sick. Instead, they decided to follow what they believed, that if they prayed enough, their god would cure their sick child. Kent’s condition did not shake off so easily, it began to get worse and he was not showing signs of recovery. Their plethora of prayers was futile because Kent died of pneumonia ate the young age of two. Doctors had said that this was purely bacterial and would have been curable with antibiotics. To reiterate one vital piece of information form that story, Kent was two years old. He did not ask for them to neglect him. Kent did not deny medical support, his parents did, and he lost his life for it. Unfortunately, Kent’s eight-month-old brother also passed away due to the exact same illness. Prayer did not help these children. The parents faced several charges and were luckily jailed so another instance wouldn’t

The obvious one being political power. The Vatican has had power since its beginning. Looking back, it seems like a president couldn’t win a presidential election unless he was an outgoing Christian. To add to this claim, when John F. Kenney was elected, one setback for him was his Roman Catholic background. Though this controversy, Kennedy undoubtedly contributed a great deal before his assassination. It’s hard to say that the Cuban Missile Crisis would have been subdued if Kennedy was not in the office. Consequently, America should be more concerned about moral character, leadership, and policies to elect a president. Religion should not be in politics. On the other hand, religion has power individualistically as well. It begins to substitute the actual use of morals by diverting them from true intrinsic motivation into fear. A fear of going to hell, a fear of not pleasing god. It promotes learned helplessness by persuading followers to think that no good can come upon them unless by the grace of god. This dependency of divine power urges people to assume that no good can come to them without god. Furthermore, people also think that the good they do isn’t as important because they believe that it is caused by their