Essay, Research Paper: Tradition

Tradition
Have I ever rebelled against tradition? Sure I have. There were many occasions where I
just wanted to go against everything and do what I wanted to do. That is a part of life, doing
what you want to do. There are certain things people and society want you to believe, and I am
well aware of these things. Here is what I rebelled against. It happened just recently.
All my life I had been taught the ways of the religion. I was taught how it was “right” to
believe in God and Jesus and practice a good religion. My parents are Catholics, however they
and many other people have religion, they just don’t practice it as much as they should. If you
believe in something, you go for it, you don’t sometimes practice. As I was saying, all my life I
had been taught these things, which I now consider to be truly and accurately false. The whole
fact of believing in God or any types of gods seems idiotic in my view. I’m not saying all people
who practice religion are dumb, it is just that people have instilled a dumb idea into their minds.
Religion, God, and gods were all an idea brought up by someone. Look back to ancient Greek
mythology. They believed in many different types of gods and monsters. In their time, they
really and truly believed it. If someone were to believe in that today, people would see them as
being mentally ill. Who is to say that Christianity won’t be viewed the same way in the future as
mythology is today?
If there is a God, why would he create a huge vast universe that is so big, we can’t even
comprehend it’s size, and make us the only one’s living in it? In Christianity beliefs, they
believe
we are the only beings in the universe. Untrue.

In the bible, it states that there is no such thing as evolution, because God made us the way we
are. Evolution has been proven numerous times. Even the pope said he believes in evolution.
See, I’m a realist. I believe what is believable. I believe facts and what is there. I really truly
believe that alot of people are wasting away their lives practicing religion. In the past, you had
to believe in religion or you were killed. That is not so much the case today. People are learning
to think for themselves, that is why there are more people like me who don’t believe in God. We
are called Atheists.
There really was not a vivid turning point for me. It all kind of went slowly and
smoothly. It was all just thinking realistically. If there really was a turning point, I’d have to say
that it was when I was watching George Carlin. He said, “If you don’t accept God, he will send
you to hell where you will rot and burn for all of eternity........but he loves you.” That quote is
the thing that really got me thinking about it. So if there was a turning point, I guess you could
say that was it.
Structured religion is one of the worst things that could have happened to the world. It
leads people to think the same way, believe the same way. People need to learn to think for
themselves for a change. If you’ve ever wondered about certain things, look into it. Don’t
believe it just because your religion says it is true. Believe what you believe.
Now through a little bit of reading, I have learned that there are many many Atheists
living today. Alot of them famous too. They live good everyday lives just like any Christian or
catholic, except they don’t have a love for something that isn’t there and doesn’t exist.



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