Religion on the other had is a subject, that much like you, I choose to ponder and research, but more for the fact that something just doesn’t add up to me. I do believe there is a divine being, some sort of creator, but Jesus, Allah, Buddha….I just don’t buy it.

Here is my biggest problem with this; we all know that throughout the years of human life, man has tried to explain the things that happen in this world. And at the earliest of times, there were not very many methods to assist with doing this, so what would be better than to just say there is a mystical and divine reason that man could not possibly understand.

Then we decided to be a little more educated and not leave faith as out only answer to some of life’s questions. Through the years science has explained to the very core what causes our universe and most things in it to be as it is. I am not a follower of scientology btw!!

My point is this, religion was started to help explain the unexplained. I think that for the most part people need to believe as human beings that there is ultimately “someone” in control. That the reason that things happen is “inshallah” as my good Iraqi friends always put it (It is God’s will).

The very idea that Christianity was controlled and corrupted by the Catholic church, and that we STILL hold true to the same teachings even as we discuss how they came about because of the cruelty of the church is so off the wall to me. As many already know, the true date of Jesus’ birthday is unknown, but to ease pagan’s into Christianity they used a holiday already celebrated for the birth of the SUN not the SON!

Religion is so tainted that no one knows its true origins anymore. I even argue that the reason that you have all these examples of Jesus in other religions is because of the same facts. You can not present someone with a new religion without giving them the comfort that it ties to what they currently believe in.

That paired with the fact that ultimately men are corrupt at heart. Despite many attempts to have good people lead this world, someone, somewhere messes that up. That being said….MEN wrote the bible. And over the years changed the bible to reflect what they wanted it to believe. So who is to say that there was a Jesus? Who is to say that this carpenter was not a cult leader that caused a great movement during a time of poverty, plague, and hopelessness? And if that is the case, how do we know that Jesus hasn’t already returned to earth, but we burnt him alive in Waco?

Man is corrupt, religion is corrupt.

Or..do Easter egg hunts on Saturday, and leave the celebration of Jesus resurrection for Sunday. Heck, egg hunts in general are fun. Why just limit it to Easter? Super Bowl egg hunts, Tax Day egg hunts, IU beats UK egg hunts. The possibilities are endless!