Essay On Religion Selfish

Author Note Is religion selfish? If you are anything like me than your first thoughts about this question are something along the lines of confusion and maybe even shock at the audacity to suggest that it could be. A selfish religion seems a bit like an oxymoron at first, but as I considered this question I came to conclude that there is such a thing as a selfish religion. In fact, I believe that there are really only two religions at the end of the day – the religion of self, and the religion of God. Most religions in the world are centered on the selfishness of the individual; I want to be better, I want to be great, I want to make sure that no one is more deserving of heaven than I, etcetera. However, the remaining “religion of God” is about glorifying God, which is hard to do if one is trying to give all the glory to himself. My goal with this essay is simply to answer the question posed above as best I can, not to start hot debate …show more content…
Some would argue that serving out of joy is selfish. It is true that there might be some exceptions where people serve in order to feel good about themselves, but that is not the case here. This kind of serving that I am talking about here is like the spilling over of joy from the person’s heart into actions because he is in absolute awe of the kindness and mercy of another. I must point out that this serving is not a form of repayment, for salvation is a free gift, but rather it is evidence that God, creator of the universe and sustainer of life, has captured one’s heart, freeing them from the prison of sin and selfishness, and is at work in that person’s life making them holy and righteous until Christ returns on the last day (Ephesians 2:8). I do not try to suggest that believers are somehow perfectly selfless because such is not the case, we too are still human. However, I do believe that following the only true God is the only selfless