Religion In Richard Dawkins's Viruses Of The Mind

Religion is very controversial subject to talk about, let alone to argue about. Richard Dawkins, author of Viruses of the Mind, does that exact thing he takes religion and in terms dissects it. While most people will be terribly offended by what Dawkins has written about, he is essentially laying out the facts about religion. Many “extremists” of a religion would say that Dawkins has malicious intentions since he is going against what their beliefs are. Religion has been a part of the human way for thousands of years. Humans have taken this concept of god creating everything and his ability to manipulate anything in the universe. While this concept may seem valid to people the reality is that none of the theories presented by a religion can not be proven or disproven. Therefore, enforcing that religion can never be said to be false, which is essential for the survival of religion. Religion itself is a mind virus. It fits all the symptoms of a virus. Its not only a successful virus but the …show more content…
When the religion virus infects an individual which is in dire need of a way out of their life is when the virus creates one of the extremist of the religion. An extremist of a certain religion will oppose any other religion and believe with all their might that being religious is the only way to live. The amount of damage these people do to the image of religion is too drastic to what actual benefits religion can bring to an individual. While religion can be favorable, it can also be harmful. Religion has great aspects to it like giving comfort or something to believe in to give some meaning to life. The flip side to it is the fact that people go over board and rot all goodness. Certain amount of people give religion the title that it is a virus and is harmful to the person. An idea being virus isn 't necessarily bad, but the way religion is usually defined as a damaging