Another example of a war is the dispute between Palestine and Israel that has been going on for thousands of years is over ‘Holy Land’, Judea. It all started when Judea was conquered by the Romans and renamed Palestine. Palestine was then later conquered by the Arabs who have been living there for thousands of years. Following the in 1917, Palestine was granted to Britain as a to build a national home for the Jewish people. The Arabs then resented the Jews for coming to take their land. Nowadays the fighting has taken a twist and now is religion based rather than land based.
When the word Terrorism is heard most people think of September 11th and/or Muslims. This is because most Muslim activists believe that Western Civilizations, Cultures and Religions are against their religion and as a result have to be punished.
Some people need religion as the explanation to the beginning of all things. Why not use Science? Science can explain with verifiable evidence that the Big Bang happened and how we evolved from the tiny bacteria cells to a multicelluar species dominating this Earth. Religions have many stories for the start of the world, but there is no hard evidence to verify those ideas. There is no evidence that there was a Jesus of Nazareth, except of course the Bible, but as Historians suggests you need more than one piece of evidence to make a theory fact.
The Governments have had to make special laws so that Religious discrimination dose not happen in the workplace or community. This will only happen if one religion believes that there are others that are inferior to it. The Religious Discrimination Act states that you are not on any grounds allowed to discriminate against anyone on the based of their religion and religious beliefs. You cannot dismiss or nor employ a person/s on the basis of their religion. This is just another example that the world would be a better place without religion.
Many religions also ask for money, donation or fees. This can lead to problems if the person/s are not able to pay for the regular donations, they might be singled out because they are not able to better their religion. One example is the growing Hillsong religion. They suggest/persuade members of their religion t o donate 10% of their weekly wage to the Hillsong Church. What happens if you don’t earn a lot and you give 10% of it away and don’t have enough to pay for the weekly groceries?
The conclusion is to this essay that today’s society is better off without religion. This assumption is based on that if we did not have religion many of the fights and arguments that are going on in today’s world would not exist. Many people feel safe not having a religion, since it means that they could not be discriminated against because of their religion or be in the middle of a war were people want to execute every member of their religion. The finale reason is that there are many new religions and cults that are just in it for the money revenue and that prey on the feeble minded. That brainwash people into thinking that if they donate their money, they will have eternal life after death. Religion is not necessary.
