After I found the truth about religion and its origin, I felt like a complete fool on the matter. After fourteen years of being religious, I knew nothing about it. This is my final conclusion on what I ascertained about religion. If you would like to know the truth, don't hesitate to read it. Enjoy the absolute truth!
Marquell's Examination & Conclusion upon Religion
August 19, 2004; Thursday
(This report has no political influences or motivations, it is not attacking religious people nor is it trying to deter people away from their faith. It is made up of all facts and can be taking as a genuine document. These facts have been researched and checked several times. The conclusion concludes facts and my final say upon religion. My final conclusion is based upon facts upon religion that I may have not included in the explanation of the report.)
The Origin of Religion:
Following meticulous scrutinizing of religion, one was not successful in ascertaining the very true origin of religion*, however, one was successful in tracing the origin of religion back to the oldest know civilization to have practiced religion. One has discovered that during the Paleolithic period (Old Stone Age); religion was one of civilization's primary focuses. In fact, religion dictated the everyday lives of the cave men during this period in humanity history. Humanity's religion wasn't the concept of monotheism, one god; rather instead they based their religious beliefs upon polytheism, many gods. The mere reason why religion came into existence, one ascertains to be very simple. One can probably imagine all of the many questions surrounding humanity at the beginning of humanity history. Many of these questions were impossible to answer at the time and impossible to even imagine reasonable ways to come up with an educated conclusion containing to these questions, essentially, a valid answer for the unanswered questions could not be obtained. In an extreme way the human imagination expanded by addressing the complex concept of explanations to these questions. For the first time, the questions, how did we get here, who made the earth/universe, why does it storm or other strange events happen on the globe, and what happens after death could finally be answered. Also the concept of good versus evil was finally addressed. These ultimate questions were finally able to be answered by the concept that supernatural beings were in control of the universe. The concept of one god hadn't entered and conquered the human mind yet, but through thousands of years it would eventually do so. For each thing that could not be answered, there was a god. For instance, the sun could not be explained and so there was the god of the sun, and death could not be explained and so there was the god of the underworld or afterlife. From this ultimate idea of the gods sprung the idea of reincarnation.
Religious Influences on Humanity:
One has discovered religion have shaped and rule civilizations all over the globe throughout humanity's history. One civilization in which falls under this category happens to be the Nile civilization, also known as the Old Egyptian civilization. This civilization was polytheism and from the Neolithic time frame (New Stone Age). They were affirmed believers of reincarnation and based their lives upon this. They believed that once you die and was buried, the body would rise once again at its desired time and you would begin your second, or after/final life. Since you would be using the same body they attempted to make your body look presentable after death primarily by mummification, however, only the royal family, (pharaohs), the mummificationners, royal pets, and upper classmen received mummification. The pharaohs were also saw as gods, however, living gods. What ever the pharaohs said, went because not only were they your leader, but essentially, your god. With religion they dictated the laws of the land, hence, created the famous quote, "so shall it be written, so shall it be done". The Egyptian citizens were strong believers of the gods and so the gods were not questioned. However, if the gods were questioned, the person to question them would be killed. A similar civilization to the Egyptians were the Aztecs, who believed in many gods and that the sun god was the supreme god. They essentially made human sacrifices to their gods, symbolizing that they obviously believed the reality of the gods. The reason why civilizations such as the Egyptians and Aztecs believed in these gods were due to family passing the belief, without the fact of the origin, from one generation to the next. Scholars give the Egyptians credit for the expansion of the human mind, by coming up with the concept of one god, the god Atum. Atum controlled everything and was less complex like the concept of many gods, and obviously more powerful. This god didn't last long, however, the Judaism religion was simultaneously developing and began to spread beyond the Nile civilization. Their god was called God*, and was the one and powerful god, also the only god.
Monotheism:
Monotheism shared many of the traits as polytheism. Like polytheism, monotheism had magnificent tales about heroic, and other events that supposable took place. One of the most famous tales of the monotheism religion is that of Jesus. Judaism sprung off Christianity and christians believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Gods have been seen with sons before, such as Zeus and Hercules, but for the first time in humanity, the son of a god was making himself a sacrifice for mortal beings, those that were not gods. The human mind had developed to another stage in the imagination of religion. Jesus made himself a sacrifice so that all good souls, still distinguishing from good versus evil, may receive a paradise like life. There are many Christianity groups, but the main ones seem to be Catholic, and Baptist. Wars are fought between nations in response to Christianity but it is nothing compared to the holy wars in the Middle Eastern region. Developed from both Christianity and Judaism, all believing in one god, Muslim is a dominant religion of the world as well. Majority of the religious members of the world are in fact monotheism. Buddhism, Hinduism*, even Methodist are monotheism. Humanity is no longer accepting polytheism as an answer to these questions but now one god as an answer to these questions. Muslims, Judaism, and Christians fight each other everyday over a strip of land that they all think is theirs. All three of these dominant religions believe that they are direct descendents from Abraham. Abraham, according to these three dominant religions, was promised land by God and so now his direct descendents are claiming the land. The only problem is that more than one religious tribe believes that they are direct descendents from Abraham, hence, more than one tribe is claiming the narrow strip of land. This idea of religion has caused all of this, leading one to only imagine what else it can cause, or more accurately, what has it already caused. Monotheism is an important improvement in human comprehension, however, the human mind has lots of more things to comprehend before we truly understand the universe and answer the ultimate questions. Many of the ultimate questions, such as why does it storm, and what happens after death have already been rationally and realistically explained by science, however, many simple refuse to accept this rational explanation because it eliminates the need for the idea of religion. The human mind is steadily developing and will eventually develop the concept of there being no god, and that we must think rationally.
Conclusion:
After wary examination upon the origin of religion, the facts of religion, and other major things containing to religion, not in this report, one have reached his conclusion upon this vigorous idea of religion. One is explicitly left with the question, who is God and is he real? To answer this question one must answer another question, what is religion? Religion is an idea developed by humanity, to answer questions that cannot be rationally answered at the time. God, essentially, is religion. He is the supernatural being to answer these questions, however, is he real? The idea of God is certainly real but not rational. God is the irrational and unrealistic explanation of the questions how did we get here, etc. There is no concrete proof with God and instead science offers proof. We have not yet achieved our max objective with science but should look to science rather than religion. God is an idea; hence, in this sense God is unreal. The possibility of a god or higher being is true but not evident to one devoting his life to it, also making God unreal. One must remain agnostic on the subject of religion and say that God is no more than religion itself, so is religion acceptable. One believes that we are all endowed with the right to practice the idea of religion or not to practice it, in that aspect religion is acceptable. However, we do not obtain the right to push our religion upon others directly, as done in the past, or indirectly, as being done today. In this aspect religion is not and will never be acceptable. One has decided that it would be irrational and irresponsible to practice religion or worship God. God and religion is overwhelmingly not real and participation in religion would mean a violation in ones realistic and rationalistic views. When it comes to religion humanity should return to the drawing board and attempt to answer questions rationally and realistically and not with an extreme gesture such as religion. It is ones final conclusion that one shall not precipitate in any religion or believe in any god. Religion is the cause of many things, mostly discrimination, segregation, and hatred. Religion goes against the five platforms* and therefore one is against religion. Religion is acceptable to practice but not to force others to practice and it is not acceptable to push religious beliefs upon others. Religion is an old involving idea and is an idea only of the imagination.
August 19, 2004; Thursday
(This report has no political influences or motivations, it is not attacking religious people nor is it trying to deter people away from their faith. It is made up of all facts and can be taking as a genuine document. These facts have been researched and checked several times. The conclusion concludes facts and my final say upon religion. My final conclusion is based upon facts upon religion that I may have not included in the explanation of the report.)
The Origin of Religion:
Following meticulous scrutinizing of religion, one was not successful in ascertaining the very true origin of religion*, however, one was successful in tracing the origin of religion back to the oldest know civilization to have practiced religion. One has discovered that during the Paleolithic period (Old Stone Age); religion was one of civilization's primary focuses. In fact, religion dictated the everyday lives of the cave men during this period in humanity history. Humanity's religion wasn't the concept of monotheism, one god; rather instead they based their religious beliefs upon polytheism, many gods. The mere reason why religion came into existence, one ascertains to be very simple. One can probably imagine all of the many questions surrounding humanity at the beginning of humanity history. Many of these questions were impossible to answer at the time and impossible to even imagine reasonable ways to come up with an educated conclusion containing to these questions, essentially, a valid answer for the unanswered questions could not be obtained. In an extreme way the human imagination expanded by addressing the complex concept of explanations to these questions. For the first time, the questions, how did we get here, who made the earth/universe, why does it storm or other strange events happen on the globe, and what happens after death could finally be answered. Also the concept of good versus evil was finally addressed. These ultimate questions were finally able to be answered by the concept that supernatural beings were in control of the universe. The concept of one god hadn't entered and conquered the human mind yet, but through thousands of years it would eventually do so. For each thing that could not be answered, there was a god. For instance, the sun could not be explained and so there was the god of the sun, and death could not be explained and so there was the god of the underworld or afterlife. From this ultimate idea of the gods sprung the idea of reincarnation.
Religious Influences on Humanity:
One has discovered religion have shaped and rule civilizations all over the globe throughout humanity's history. One civilization in which falls under this category happens to be the Nile civilization, also known as the Old Egyptian civilization. This civilization was polytheism and from the Neolithic time frame (New Stone Age). They were affirmed believers of reincarnation and based their lives upon this. They believed that once you die and was buried, the body would rise once again at its desired time and you would begin your second, or after/final life. Since you would be using the same body they attempted to make your body look presentable after death primarily by mummification, however, only the royal family, (pharaohs), the mummificationners, royal pets, and upper classmen received mummification. The pharaohs were also saw as gods, however, living gods. What ever the pharaohs said, went because not only were they your leader, but essentially, your god. With religion they dictated the laws of the land, hence, created the famous quote, "so shall it be written, so shall it be done". The Egyptian citizens were strong believers of the gods and so the gods were not questioned. However, if the gods were questioned, the person to question them would be killed. A similar civilization to the Egyptians were the Aztecs, who believed in many gods and that the sun god was the supreme god. They essentially made human sacrifices to their gods, symbolizing that they obviously believed the reality of the gods. The reason why civilizations such as the Egyptians and Aztecs believed in these gods were due to family passing the belief, without the fact of the origin, from one generation to the next. Scholars give the Egyptians credit for the expansion of the human mind, by coming up with the concept of one god, the god Atum. Atum controlled everything and was less complex like the concept of many gods, and obviously more powerful. This god didn't last long, however, the Judaism religion was simultaneously developing and began to spread beyond the Nile civilization. Their god was called God*, and was the one and powerful god, also the only god.
Monotheism:
Monotheism shared many of the traits as polytheism. Like polytheism, monotheism had magnificent tales about heroic, and other events that supposable took place. One of the most famous tales of the monotheism religion is that of Jesus. Judaism sprung off Christianity and christians believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Gods have been seen with sons before, such as Zeus and Hercules, but for the first time in humanity, the son of a god was making himself a sacrifice for mortal beings, those that were not gods. The human mind had developed to another stage in the imagination of religion. Jesus made himself a sacrifice so that all good souls, still distinguishing from good versus evil, may receive a paradise like life. There are many Christianity groups, but the main ones seem to be Catholic, and Baptist. Wars are fought between nations in response to Christianity but it is nothing compared to the holy wars in the Middle Eastern region. Developed from both Christianity and Judaism, all believing in one god, Muslim is a dominant religion of the world as well. Majority of the religious members of the world are in fact monotheism. Buddhism, Hinduism*, even Methodist are monotheism. Humanity is no longer accepting polytheism as an answer to these questions but now one god as an answer to these questions. Muslims, Judaism, and Christians fight each other everyday over a strip of land that they all think is theirs. All three of these dominant religions believe that they are direct descendents from Abraham. Abraham, according to these three dominant religions, was promised land by God and so now his direct descendents are claiming the land. The only problem is that more than one religious tribe believes that they are direct descendents from Abraham, hence, more than one tribe is claiming the narrow strip of land. This idea of religion has caused all of this, leading one to only imagine what else it can cause, or more accurately, what has it already caused. Monotheism is an important improvement in human comprehension, however, the human mind has lots of more things to comprehend before we truly understand the universe and answer the ultimate questions. Many of the ultimate questions, such as why does it storm, and what happens after death have already been rationally and realistically explained by science, however, many simple refuse to accept this rational explanation because it eliminates the need for the idea of religion. The human mind is steadily developing and will eventually develop the concept of there being no god, and that we must think rationally.
Conclusion:
After wary examination upon the origin of religion, the facts of religion, and other major things containing to religion, not in this report, one have reached his conclusion upon this vigorous idea of religion. One is explicitly left with the question, who is God and is he real? To answer this question one must answer another question, what is religion? Religion is an idea developed by humanity, to answer questions that cannot be rationally answered at the time. God, essentially, is religion. He is the supernatural being to answer these questions, however, is he real? The idea of God is certainly real but not rational. God is the irrational and unrealistic explanation of the questions how did we get here, etc. There is no concrete proof with God and instead science offers proof. We have not yet achieved our max objective with science but should look to science rather than religion. God is an idea; hence, in this sense God is unreal. The possibility of a god or higher being is true but not evident to one devoting his life to it, also making God unreal. One must remain agnostic on the subject of religion and say that God is no more than religion itself, so is religion acceptable. One believes that we are all endowed with the right to practice the idea of religion or not to practice it, in that aspect religion is acceptable. However, we do not obtain the right to push our religion upon others directly, as done in the past, or indirectly, as being done today. In this aspect religion is not and will never be acceptable. One has decided that it would be irrational and irresponsible to practice religion or worship God. God and religion is overwhelmingly not real and participation in religion would mean a violation in ones realistic and rationalistic views. When it comes to religion humanity should return to the drawing board and attempt to answer questions rationally and realistically and not with an extreme gesture such as religion. It is ones final conclusion that one shall not precipitate in any religion or believe in any god. Religion is the cause of many things, mostly discrimination, segregation, and hatred. Religion goes against the five platforms* and therefore one is against religion. Religion is acceptable to practice but not to force others to practice and it is not acceptable to push religious beliefs upon others. Religion is an old involving idea and is an idea only of the imagination.
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Believing in Jesus is not a religion.
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