Religion Reflection

Just like evolution, creatures, populations, and species can change and morph into things that they never have been before. And just like evolution, while everything is making it’s own changes, beliefs and values are doing the same, and nothing can ever be set in stone. Growing up as a child, I was raised into the traditional Catholic home. I was pushed into attending church sessions and to be baptized. I had no idea what was going on, since I was only a young child. My life was very moldable and parents could shape it into any way they wanted. Being so young and brought up in a catholic setting, I never knew anything else. Since I was forced to attend church and other religious groupings, it has challenged me to change my religious beliefs

I was amazed and stunned. Why did my parents not inform me? Why was I forced into this way of beliefs, when I had no original beliefs of my own? Scouring the internet is how I found out about religions like Judaism and Buddhists. I came across atheism, i was perplexed at the idea of having no religion, or no god. That went against everything I have been raised and taught. I was to put no other God before my own, and there I was searching for new ones. So I decided to give up the God search, I put my efforts in science. To some, science is a religion in itself. Moreover, faith is the main ingredient in religion which can appear in science as

I tried to fathom how realistic putting it altogether sounded-- it did not. The story of Adam and Eve, to me, I realized was simply put to scare people into following a code of ethics, or standards to live by. I felt as if religion’s biggest motivator is fear, fear of being sent to Hell and never finding peace in Heaven. I did not like how one ancient book ruled the lives of so many people; it was an unsettling realization. Religion was started to ease the fear of dying. By putting faith into a religion, is to make life have a purpose and not be scared of ending outcomes. After this, I started to doubt everything anyone has ever told me, including government rules. I became a skeptic for the longest time. Until I realized it was a boring way to live, an anxious one at