Argumentative Essay: Religion In The 21st Century

The 21st century is full of new experiences and new sensations that captivate Americas modern society. New iphones, apple watches, cars that drive themselves, all of these are things that the new generation craves and claims they have to have. One of the biggest changes though? Religion. The world has now put more emphasis on sports then religion. Back in the 20th century you went to church every sunday and had to do you daily devotions before you could have dinner. Now, we trade those bibles and devotions in for football helmets and baseball gloves. Religions like christianity and Islam are the main religions of the 20th century, but suddenly sports are the new 21st century religion. Starting off at a young age kids are forced and pressured into sports and are treated differently if they’d rather draw or play video games. little league baseball, AYSO soccer, and little league basketball alone is a 15 billion dollar industry. claims writer Sean Gregory in his article “How kids’ sports became a 15 million dollar industry.” On top of that, parents are paying 50 to 100 dollars for each …show more content…
His speech at the rose bowl called the “The Crusade” had over 83,000 people there all listening, and praying to god. 40 years later, same stadium, same area, different activity. 2017 Rose Bowl. Penn State vs USC. 3 seconds left. Ball on the 36 yardline, final play of the game and the kicker is lined up. Everybody is praying, but in the wrong way. There praying that there kicker will kick the game winner, to a god they only worship when they need him. That's just how our society works with religion in today’s world. The attendance for that game? 96,000. Our society has now transitioned into a secular world that has grown away from the common religions that existed on our earth for hundreds of years and now focuses on something that provides us with instant gratitude, instant satisfaction, instant