Clayton Miller Religion

I dont think religion needs to exist. I was raised as a Catholic, I went to church often and celebrated Easter and Christmas and went to CCD for years. But as I got older I looked into religion in general and didnt see anything that good about it. Maybe its because I am a mainly logical thinker but I cant read most of the things I see in religion and believe them. No matter what someone tells me there is no way I can believe that an entire flood covered the Earth and a man built a boat and somehow got two of every animal on it to save them. But its not just believing my own religion that makes me think it doesnt need to exist. It is mostly what religion does/has done.

Ive started to realize that all religons create more harm than they do good. I think that religions are holding us back scientifically and making our race less advanced. For example, the whole stem cell research debate. If we pursued this research we could have the chance to give a person who is confined to a wheelchair the ability to walk again. But have we done that yet? No. Why? Because it isnt "Christain-like" to do so. I think denying someone that chance to walk isnt "Christain-like."

Also religion causes violence. Almost every war ever fought in the history of man was fought in the name of some god or fought because someone didnt practice some religion. If you need examples there are many. The Crusades, the genocide of the witch hunts in the 13th century and even the killing of Native Americans was done because they did not practice a certain religion or do what the church wanted. Even now we are fighting a war with people who are so blinded by their beliefs that they kill themselves thinking they automatically go to a heaven for it. But at the same time in Christianity killing yourself is an unforgivalbe sin. Not only do religions induce violence but they dont even add up to anything logical. That is why I believe that religions do more harm to society than good. They are a way to cause problems, not solve them. We would be better without them.