In Quest of Her

If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

Easy.

Religion.

I assume the goal of it is to give people a moral compass, form and nurture a connection to source or God, build community and maybe even along the way figure out life’s purpose.

Im inclined to believe that it doesn’t take “faith” to teach people how to be decent people. It takes decent people to teach people how to be decent people. But perhaps no one wants the responsibility?

People who are only kind or “good” because a doctrine tells them to be OR ELSE…doesn’t sound like a genuinely kind person. It sounds like someone who has only been taught to fear the consequences rather than someone who has been guided by example.

Anyways, since there’s no way for me to tell you what kind of world we’d live in if it didn’t exist, I speculate it would either the same as it is now or better but definitely not worse.

Our moral and ethical framework would likely come from philosophy and humanism. Our community and social structures would possibly be constructed from our cultures and traditions. People would probably seek connection through alternative means by way of meditation or nature thus creating a profound inner standing of oneself AND deepening their connection to God or source because let’s not forget that we are created in ITS image.

Whatever the religion, the goal is seems to be consistent throughout in wanting to gain meaning understanding and connection. I can’t help but notice that the majority has yet to obtain neither.