Society Vs Religion

Who could judge between right and wrong, for are we not all wrong in one way or another; are we not all sinners and will forever be sinners, because we as human beings are eternally flawed? So why are the morally just only the religious and the morally unjust are the ones that don't believe in religion but in effect seem to be the most moral ones. I propose that the reason for this is simple, the ones without religion are not subject to a moral code except that of societies moral code, which is more or less universal, whilst those with religion are subject to both societies moral code and that of their religion's moral code, and here there is conflict, because both codes do not have the same ethics attached to them. This then leads to various problems, the most prominent being that religious people do not subject themselves to the societal code even though it has been there before religion itself was invented. Moreover, the word invented is crucial, because it was an invention, not an intervention as some choose to believe. Invented because it started with man, man invents and creates things; therefore, it is an invention.

It is the same that applies to immigrants in countries, Christians and Muslims alike; the societal code has been in place before religion, so does religion have a right to migrate to another society and try to implement their own codes just because it does not comply with their lifestyle? If it does not comply with your lifestyle why go to such a society, knowing the risks that are being taken? The Christian extremists in America spend most of their days protesting, claiming God is punishing the soldiers that die in Iraq, while the gay and lesbian people are going to hell because God hates them. The Islam extremists want to rid the world of the West and our sinful lives, so in effect they want the world in it's entirety to consists only of Islam extremists, in every continent, Asia, America, Africa and Europe? However, both groups in each case have left their own community where they are accepted to go out to communities where they are not accepted for force acceptance. The question is why force an acceptance that you know will cause friction and thereby render that community unstable? Why cause chaos only to further your own personal needs and selfishly guarantee your place in Heaven? My answer to these questions is simple, selfishness! These people are not pushing any form of Godly word or so forth, they are trying to buy a place in Heaven if that's possible, but they fail to realise that you cannot buy a place in the skies above, only given a place, but religion has not only become a curse but in effect a sin because it has been taken out of context and utilized by people aiming to further their personal gains in order to cause chaos all over the world.

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