arily a Hindu, also believed in over 15 other religions. To not recognize that most religions borrow some beliefs from other religions is to deny yourself of all the inherited dogmas and beliefs which you claim to cling dearly to. The nature of religion is to mold and modify its beliefs to that of the time and place of which it exists.Religion has been used for years to explain natural phenomena. In this time of scientific progression, it seems illogical to believe some of the “facts” that different beliefs provide as answers to nature. The Egyptians believed that all was created from the god Ra’s semen or spit. We find this illogical because science has shown us that the universe seems to have been created by a giant explosion of matter. It was normally Christian teaching that the earth was the center of the universe, since humans are his greatest creation and he sent his only son to suffer and die for humanity. Of course Galileo and Copernicus disproved that. Ancient creation myths usually talk about the world as always having the same plants and animals existing on earth and don’t give any hint towards evolution. Darwin had shown through numerous forms of evidence that not only had other creatures existed, but that some of those creatures had evolved into the creatures we have today.Religion has a history of not only ignoring many scientific advances, but actually trying to deny science. As Nietzsche said:“All the methods, all the elementary procedure of our modern scientific knowledge, were held in contempt for centuries: anybody who dabbled in them was excluded from “respectable” company, was looked upon as an “enemy of God,” as a mocker of truth and as “possessed by the devil.”… Our motives and our procedure, and our calm, cautious, untrustful way of looking at things were vilified and condemned… They wanted truth to seem picturesque.”(An...
