Religious Belief a Fundamental Want or Need?
Uploaded by remixkilla on Nov 26, 2011
In my opinion religious belief is a fundamental want and not a need. The reason it’s a want opposed to a need is because religion is something that has been around for years. Over such years it’s been changed from generation to generation. The one thing that hasten changed is its moral principals. Such as good and evil right and wrong, I think that anybody from any religious background can agree on this. They all preach the same message of love, piece and forgiveness. All this does is give people structures and guide lines to live by.
As a Christian I am a firm believer of Christ and all that he teaches. I utilize his word as a guide on how to live my life. I am not the only one that does; many people around the world are doing the same thing. Religion gives them structure in life that they seem to can’t find anywhere else. I think that this want comes from some innate need for a parental figure. The want to feel controlled; or rather have a dominant figure in our lives.
When we grow up, there is a need for structure, which is usually provided by our parents or guardians, in most cases, the father is the one who enforces things. Once we grow up and move into the world we lose such structure and are forced to look elsewhere
And religion is the place most look to. You are free to believe in any religion you want. You are also free to leave any religious belief at anytime.
According to the Socialist critique of religion life is harsh so we rarely realize our collective potential or aspirations. So we create an ideal self we call God that is perfect in every way. He is all knowing and omnipotent. This is something that we as humans admire. We are scared of the unknown and so religion provides us with the security for the unknown. We need somewhere to run with our fears questions and problems.
Life is uncertain and we need something to count on. To many people God is the only certainty in life.
As humans we use religion as a way to live. It teaches us about right and wrong and how we should treat other people. It’s just like laws that we have to abide to in society. The difference is that these laws are from...