BELIEFS - Not Your Own

Both my parents are practicing Catholics and my religion is not by choice but inheritance. As I go on to learn the ropes of life, I found that religion is just a front of all things that requires “faith”. Let me give you some of my thoughts. I was in a Catholic school during my high school years and from there, I started to develop understanding about Catholicism. The traditions, the practices and yes, the Catholic faith. I’ve asked more questions about life in general but most of those times, it’s religious beliefs. I’ve known what are practicals and impractical, shallow recognition than important respects. Little did you know that you’re practicing a religion that is basically forced on you then reasonably your own choice. Remember those early times when religion was a matter of putting into strict obedience than choosing your own? That was then and little did you know that is still practiced now but you didn’t even notice. As I grow older, my thoughts about religion came across with great indulgence. I’ve experienced several denominations of beliefs but the values are the same. Why? When you see different beliefs or faiths, they are practically the same. However, their interpretations are an off-shoot of what was Catholicism in the first place.  They read the same book that had been revised for thousands of years but never actually modified rather adjusted to serve their purpose. As I compared all of them, they are really predictable and unrealistic. Why did I say that? Take a look what is religion conveyed to people. For thousands of years, religion is a broad instrument to control people. If you saw the movie, The Book of Eli, Gary Oldman was desperately looking for the bible because he knew that using it, people will follow without questions. It was an advantage that religion is a perfect tool for inadequate people. My closing contemplations, I would stay with my own philosophies – I am happy this way and all things are easy to comprehend. Yes, I do believe there is something unnatural but I don’t believe what are written in the book because those are created with people’s imagination.