What Religion Should Be

People should learn to find the joy in religion. I think religion should be as Tom Cruise said “ a blast”. Emotions play a large role in religion and belief. “If your emotions are involved then that’s the time when you’re more likely to believe whatever the religion tells you.” Said Atran in the article Why Do We Believe?

It is easy to get confused emotions regarding religion, instead of fun one might be led by passion. This is dangerous because passion is a strong emotion and it is hard to control. Passion can easily ignite arguments. Religion is such a personal issue that intense passion can be taken as an attack on ones character.

Passion is the root emotion that drives people to force their religion on others. If people look for the enjoyment in religion it would be easier to control their emotions. Religion should be a personal quest. If people in a community focus on making themselves more upstanding the whole community will witness improvements. Religion should be about individuals improving themselves instead of trying to improve others through religion. When we passionately pursue forcing religion on others we lose sight of the sense of fun and calm that is supposed to come with religion.

It’s more helpful to let people figure out what God means to them than to force someone into a religious sect. If you teach a man the founding principles of religion he may discover god and religion on his own and be happy. However, if you give a man a religion it may not be a good fit for him he may object and it creates conflict and suffering.

Religion should be more than what someone was baptized. It should have personal meaning. Religion should enforce moral standards, be purposeful, and personal. Above all religion needs to be something that is fun and brings us comfort.