Religion in the modern world part 2

Hi everyone, so a couple of weeks ago I wrote a post entitled 'religion in the modern world' and have decided after allot revisit the topic in a part two. These are certainly not my final thoughts on the subject however this will be my last blog for this particular topic.

In our modern, fast paced culture that stigma that goes with committing sins has decreased by quite a lot. As I previously mentioned going to church was a very social thing and in small towns everybody would know everybody else. Not going to church a couple of hundred years ago and even further back was almost unheard of but when someone missed even one sermon the entire town would be aware. Similar thing with sinning, the moment word got out everybody would know and unless you rectified your sin (and sometimes even then) you would spend the rest of your life as a pariah. However in today's world this rarely happens. Sinning has almost become a part of life for us and (unless the person is famous) most of the time sins go unnoticed. With a lessened social condemnation the advantages of having someone cleanse you and your soul are no longer as needed.

For decades word has been coming out about corruption within the church and some less than savoury practises especially within the Vatican. No I do not mean to say that all religious people are corrupt, after all I am one myself, however people looking into faith or to switching faith are far more hesitant to join a religion where such atrocities occur or one that does not 'practise what it preaches' (no pun intended). With societies new and complete awareness of almost every move the church makes (whatever church that may be) it is no wonder that religion is a dying thing.

Finally I would like to mention that the search for religion has become a search for spirituality in many cases. With our highly individualistic world the social religion is dying out and the individual spirituality is coming in. People are also looking for a way to better themselves rather than ask someone else to do it for them.

I am religious, not out of sheer hope but because I truly believe. Religion and the belief of a higher power has been around since the beginning of mankind. It has been shown that mankind as a whole is not truly inventive, we can not create something that does not exist, using parts that do not exist. Think, what is the most bizarre thing you can think of? Let me guess, it has eyes, and a mouth, arms and legs? Some sort of skin or feathering? We cannot create something that does not exist in some way, shape or form. And that is the most logical reason I can give you for me being religious.