For a while now, almost 20 or so years of my life, I have been raised under this pretense that in this country, we are free to choose whatever religion we want. Recently i realized that this fact is true we are allowed to choose whatever religion suits us best, as long as it is a Christian religion.
This really shouldn't have come as that much of a surprise to me. I live in what if affectionately named the bible belt. One can not physically drive anywhere for more than a mile without seeing a church. Understandably a lot of people get really offended in this area when you speak wrongly of their religion. I was referred to as close to the Anti-Christ for my pursuit of science.
What i think surprises me most is the fact of how much religion gets used as a argument in everyday discourse. Looking at the comments left on soda head, AOL news, Yahoo news, and many more, i realized how strongly society wants to hide behind their religion, instead of making their own choices.
On the AOL news i saw a comment that particularly interested me the most. A man was answering another comment that read "Teens are in trouble, because there is so much loss in faith". He responded by saying " The reason there is loss in faith among many younger people is because they realize they no longer have to be narrow minded. They don't have to judge people on the basis of their religion. They no longer have to blindly follow whatever belief or order the church gives. The reason people are loosing faith is because they are starting to develop their own morals."
~~This has been a streaming Fearless bulletin~~
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