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RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY
"My God is Better Than Yours...No My God is Better Than Yours"

In my opinion, all peaceful prophets including Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Buda, Gandhi, MLK, RFK and Dalai Lama advocated for freedom and a movement away from violence, persecution, slavery, corruption, terrorism and barbarism. These prophets confronted evil empires and persecution in their time, sometimes with deathly fates. Speaking out for freedom and non-violence and helping humanity during evil times is rare and noble. I believe religion has helped humanity develop in many positive ways including giving structure and protection during the age of barbarians. Many non-extremist religious groups are tolerent and accepting of other peaceful people with different beliefs and still help humanity greatly. I also believe spirituality is a very personal feeling like a fingerprint for each person, and should remain a private decision not forced on others. I embrace learning about all peaceful cultures and religions with mutual respect and cultural interest. I feel this is the main message of these amazing prophets and I try to live my life by these messages everyday. My issue with some modern day religions is time and time again people misuse the name of their God for personal gain, persecution or extremism without religious leaders speaking out strongly and constantly against this behavior. I'm also afraid of religions that say "my God is better than your God". I prefer to remember and study the key messages of all popular ancient and modern day prophets and philosophers. This is my personal religion of love, peace, respect and tolerance of others and nature. I do not want to convert you, only learn about you and accept you as a positive non-violent person with different ideas and thoughts. If we all believed the same thing, we would live in a very boring society all wearing the same clothes and driving the same color automobiles without individual expression and mental growth.

Many old cultures thought human sacrifice was the right way, and then we evolved past that point of view and changed our culture. In the 21st century, humanity needs to have another evolutionary jump into a world of freedom, working together for a better quality of life for all. Modern Day religions need to evolve too and embrace modern day societies and thinking. We must evolve in the 21st century, it is the history of humanity and the natural way to progress...Otherwise we might as well keep all our past religious rules and cultural beliefs.
"Editorial by JRlevine"

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