Organized religion

As a person born and raised in a Christian family, but who was also taught to doubt and think, I came to struggle a lot with my religious beliefs since my early adolescence and up till now.

What bothers me in my religion: that same religion that I’ve taken to be sacred, holy, and not to be questioned, should in fact be questioned when you see all its flaws and all the wrong turns it took - and still takes - the world into. It’s very easy to say that it’s being misinterpreted that’s the only excuse religious people find to defend the horrors their religion has induced on the world; but is it really what is happening?

Religion is one of the primary excuses make wars and conquests: Crusades, Jihad, I could go on and on…

Religion is the reason behind all the discrepancies and the injustice… it’s the only thing that stands between us and a world where “All men are – truly that is – created equal”, and by that I mean regardless of their sexual orientation or their beliefs. What is theoretically an invitation to love one another is actually the primary cause of hatred.

Religions are in fact, an application of texts written a couple of thousand years ago and which have been altered for sure to suit political purposes. Should we really believe in Jesus when all we’ve actually seen and all we have proof of is the wars the Bible entailed and the rise of the clergy to the highest social ranks? And should we believe in Mohammed when we know that he was a conqueror and a prime leader who used a religion of his making as a way to unite Arabs / as a motive to conquer more territory?

That is how I came to reject religion as a whole. But still, I feel that there is some inexplicable, intangible aspect of life that we will never figure out… and that made me narrow down my rejection to only organized religion. I will continue, though, to cultivate my spirituality with every sip of coffee until I find what I truly believe in.