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PART 1: RELIGON THE BEGINNING

The main idea of this article isn't to try to persuade you to become an atheist, rather to explore the physiological aspect of religion and how it has lasted throughout history. We sometimes think to ourselves, "what if there was no God, what if when we died there was no heaven" We think about it and try to explain how we got here and how the earth was created but we find it so hard to grasp. There seems to be a missing ingredient. So as primitive, uneducated people, two thousand years ago, we decide that we must create ourselves that ingredient. A guardian and protector who if we convince enough people to believe in, will give them peace of mind and help them live pure and honest lives for the betterment of mankind. These ideas appeals to many adults so they start teaching their children from birth, and eventually these beliefs turn into the truth for people. This happens in accordance to philosopher John Locke's theory of tabla rasa, or blank mind. Locke states that all people are born the same person, and it is through life experiences that we become different people. This is precisely why people believe in religion. After being around long enough Religion becomes less of a change of pace and more of just another part of our lives. This is how our society works. Every belief and idea has their beginning which in most cases is rough because we all are prejudice toward change. Then as the idea is around long enough people accept it more and more until it is simply a normal part of life. However there will always be people against these ideas and no amount of time can change that.

Look at African Americans for example, or rather our accepting of them. At first we found it hard to treat them equally after the civil rights act was passed due to the common belief that the African Americans were less of a person than whites were. Then a brave woman, Rebecca Crumpler, became the first black doctor. A talented woman, Ella Fitzgerald, became the first African American singer to win a Grammy. A brilliant man named Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., became the first black person to enter an astronaut training program. More and more black people did outstanding and trial blazing things and as time passed by, whites became more and more used to the idea of blacks being equal, and fast forward to today we can see that they greatly accepted.
So how does religion start and spread? It starts as an attempt to explain what we cannot, and

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