Should Everyone Believe In Anything At All Essay

The three questions that each person attempts to answer before they die are who am I, where am I going, and why am I here. These questions can only be answered by an extensive look at an individual’s world view, especially the reality, knowing, God, humanity, and ethics of that individual. How you answer the three questions also depends on the “door” that you enter from when looking for the answer. The two big examples of a world view that we looked at in class were the Humanist Manifesto, and the book Why Should Anyone Believe in Anything at All. The manifesto enters through the humanity door and implies all humans are morally good in nature, and things like religion and processions make us the way we are. The book, on the other hand, comes …show more content…
Again I feel that everyone is entitled to their own view of God because every person experiences him and his miracles in a different way. Sometimes his miracles are clouded over by other events such as the holocaust, or an attack like those that took place on 9/11. While these two particular events from history lead to the death of so many innocent people, small miracles were present keeping those they touched faithful. Everything from a guard smuggling in extra food to those in a concentration camp or a group of strangers joining together to stop a plane from crashing into our nation’s capital can be classified as miracles in a time of darkness. God has a plan for all of us, even though at times it may not seem like it. I still have a lot to organize, and solidify. To say I have always had a strong religious faith would be a lie. There are times where I feel angry at God for letting something happen to me or my family, and there are times that I think religion is an idea that keeps us from killing each other more so than we already are. But there are also times that God is there directing my life in the right direction, or even at times saving