Happy Sunday, my dear friends!
Today I am joining Weekend Engagement, and I will be completing one of the sentences proposed by my friend . I hope you like my participation.
Religion is something that has existed since ancient times, and there are many religions with followers, but honestly I don't believe in religion because I have always seen it as a form of social domination.
The followers of them are always limited by the customs and rules of their religion.
You can't dress this way, you can't eat or drink certain things. Women who have to be fully covered or who are mandated by religion to serve men or to live only to reproduce.
Homosexual relations are not allowed, men are soda this, women are soda that... and so on and so forth. Needless to say, most religions have a macho tinge.
I don't like religions and even less when they are so orthodox. And that's not to say that they don't have certain beliefs that I like, for example, I like to think that reincarnation is real.
My point is that I don't like it when people are limited and can't be themselves, explore their personality to the fullest, or experience multiple experiences.
Religion is the most powerful tool of mind control, in my opinion.
And when one of the believers of a closed religion expresses his dissatisfaction with some of its customs, the rest of the believers label him as a pariah, making him a black sheep.
But, the fact that I do not believe in religion does not mean that I do not believe in faith. I think we all can and should believe in something, even if it is only in ourselves.
Faith can help us to achieve great things, or to be motivated to achieve them. Faith can allow us to see life in a more beautiful way, or maybe you can call it optimism.
But the point is, it is valid to believe in something, whatever it is, without belonging to a religion.
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