Faith can be defined as believing in something without any proof. Is it logical that humans believe in accepting things without any evidence it exists? That appears to be a vital attribute to religion because there’s no stone cold proof in crediting its existence. So why is it that people believe in God? Most would say it’s evident it benefits them in their afterlife and their building of moral character. However, is it really true that being religious makes somebody a moral person, or is it just simply a crutch people use to convince themselves things are better than they really are? Trying to imagine this hypothetical world where there’s no proof in God’s existence is the exact world society always lived in. There’s never been guaranteed
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For example, religion points to how God created us in his image and that he’s full of love and forgiveness, yet he’s taken his almighty wrath out on many. Shortly after the world was created it fell into sin, but the reason sin was there was because God implemented a system to tempt Adam and Eve. Not long after the flood that destroyed the entire world except for one family and 2 of each animal had occurred. So while you have the stories of Jesus turning a few loaves of bread and a couple fish and turns it into enough to feed the entire crowd of thousands of people through a miracle it makes you wonder how he could also retaliate in some of the nature he has in the past in destroying so many of his followers. For every feel good story there seems to be one that questions whether being moral is banked upon religion or if religion is even moral at …show more content…
Sure it’s a commandment that you shall not murder, but is that really something that’s debated? One would assume everyone is under the same understanding that murder is naturally wrong even having no idea who God is. However, the same God they believe in has proved to do things that made majority of it’s society vanish on a few occasions. If God created this world why would he implement the sin in the first place, rather than just creating a world without sin? Is it moral that God himself allowed for the first sin to happen? If he has all the power, he has been credited for then he knew there’d be sin and he could’ve prevented it. God himself can’t be moral if these are the approaches he takes in retaliation of their
For example, religion points to how God created us in his image and that he’s full of love and forgiveness, yet he’s taken his almighty wrath out on many. Shortly after the world was created it fell into sin, but the reason sin was there was because God implemented a system to tempt Adam and Eve. Not long after the flood that destroyed the entire world except for one family and 2 of each animal had occurred. So while you have the stories of Jesus turning a few loaves of bread and a couple fish and turns it into enough to feed the entire crowd of thousands of people through a miracle it makes you wonder how he could also retaliate in some of the nature he has in the past in destroying so many of his followers. For every feel good story there seems to be one that questions whether being moral is banked upon religion or if religion is even moral at …show more content…
Sure it’s a commandment that you shall not murder, but is that really something that’s debated? One would assume everyone is under the same understanding that murder is naturally wrong even having no idea who God is. However, the same God they believe in has proved to do things that made majority of it’s society vanish on a few occasions. If God created this world why would he implement the sin in the first place, rather than just creating a world without sin? Is it moral that God himself allowed for the first sin to happen? If he has all the power, he has been credited for then he knew there’d be sin and he could’ve prevented it. God himself can’t be moral if these are the approaches he takes in retaliation of their