Religion

Religion. A pretty serious subject. Yeah, this is the actual subject for this post.

I think its good to believe in something. I am friends with Atheists, Christian, Pagans, Agnostics, Hindus, I know people who are Sikhs, Muslims, Jews, and Wiccans. (I recognize Wicca as a religion. Because it is.) Most of these people believe in something, I know atheists that believe in love or music. They don't believe in God, but they believe in something.

Here's another thing that really annoys me. When people call religion a race. I hear all the time, people saying "You look Jewish" or "I'm half-Muslim." How can a person be half a religion? By that standards, I'm half Grace-Brethren. People don't say "You look Episcopalian" or "I'm half-Pagan." (But I have heard someone say "You look Mormon.") It doesn't make sense to consider yourself or another person half a religion, or by saying another person looks a religion. It doesn't make sense to call a person "half-Sikh" or "you look Agnostic." A person can convert to another religion if they want. I know a woman who was Protestant, but converted to Judaism. I hope you see my point.

Another thing that annoys me about religion is when people get in your face about it. You know the person who really, really, REALLY tries to get you to join their cause, whether it be awareness for something you've never heard of, or get you to convert to their religion? Yeah, I think everyone knows that person. Here's what I say to them: I'll do my thing, you can do your thing. As long as no one hurts each other or gets out of control, you be nice to me, and I'll be nice to you. It all comes down to respect.

So does this mean that no one should eat this or do this because another religion does it? No, but you should respect that. There are too many religions to count, and that's the reason we have diversity in this country. There are Kosher markets, and vegetarian stores.

The other thing about religion also comes down the being nice to people. If we as a species could get over our hate of other people, we would have no problems. If people just respected each other, there wouldn't be any wars. Religious wars...seriously, why do they exist? Because when you think about it, war is pointless.

If a person distorts their own religion to the extreme, and to the point it doesn't make any sense to anyone else, there's a problem. This does nothing but fuel hatred and prejudice against whatever you're doing. In the end, it doesn't work and you look like an idiot. And no one really likes you.

Religion is a very touchy subject, and I know I'm probably going to get floods of hate mail after this is posted. (Yeah, right.) But whatever religion you practice, just respect one another. Just about every religion involves some kind of writing about respect. So it all just comes down to the golden rule.

(By the way, I'm Roman Catholic, but my dad is Grace Brethren. So you might call me half-Grace Brethren. Mull that over in your head and realize how little sense it makes.)