Why Religion Matters

As a standard, it is important to respect people and their choice of faith (or lack thereof) in the world today. However, choose to have a code of ethics in life-morals to look to. One of the biggest criticisms atheists discuss about religion is how they don't want to be associated with something as controversial as religion and to be caught up in the "cult" of religious and self-righteous organizations. Having religion does not necessarily make you better than any other person. However, why should you have some kind of beliefs? Because it gives you moral ground and better relations with others. 

Hypothetically, let us pretend for a moment that there is no such thing as spirits with darkness or light, lack of goodness and evil. Would the world have problems if everything was completely neutral to "good" and "bad"? If you have never been violated and completely neutral to everything, then religion should be of no concern to you. No one to ever live can agree with this hypothetical statement.

One other reason that sums up the whole idea is the belief in a supreme being, deity, God. If you die and you live as though there is no one to answer to-that death is the end; and you find you are wrong, then you will be responsible for the negligent and foolish way you lived. Scary. If you live good and civil through your life and you are wrong, then you lost nothing by living as such. If you are right and you lived a good life- then imagine how grateful you are to play it safe.

Religion gives you healthy gauge for your conscience, a moral code and a meaningful purpose to those who live around you. In today's world, it really doesn't seem to matter if you are selfish in pursuing your happiness or who gets hurt, that religion does not matter. It does. The world would be a better place if we worried selfishly to become better people to ourselves and others. No more belittling of others, no more judging or bullying. However you like to argue, religion motivates you to be a good person. It is "playing it safe", but isn't that better than the humiliation and condemnation to doing otherwise you may inflict upon yourself?