What is Religion?

The most common of debatable topics is, "What is Religion?" The fact is religion isn't a 'thing'. It's a belief, a train of thought people of this realm use to partially comprehend the strange works of the realm. Most religions are based on a particular belief that you're inferior to that of a higher presence, and that your fate rests in this deity's hands. Usually, while taking part of these religions, you give your ut- most respect to your deity, and treat him with the thought that he or she could but squeeze his hand and make you feel pain, or lighten his or her touch to lighten your burden.

Many people are very narrow minded with religion. Some to the extent of not giving any thought of other religions except the one they were raised into. Others, the more simple, ignorant way, don't realize that there are some religions that don't involve a higher deity, or even worshiping a given entity. The religions of Atheism and Agnosticism, the two which many frown upon for those who follow, are based on the belief that a deity, or a God cannot exist, or does not exist given the evidence and facts they've formulated. Many don't believe it to be a religion, but just the same, it is a belief.

Religion can also be dependent upon what side of the narrow grey line you follow, or even if you walk that line. Since neither the light nor dark believe the same things revolving what they should be called, such as the typical dark-hearted, those who follow death, would typically believe that the light-hearted are the dark-hearted, not them. Who's to judge whether you're evil or good? Your actions? Or how you're raised? The truth: No one can determine that. Not even the higher existences. Let's just put it this way: The ones who follow death, dischord, and chance will be called the first group of religious beings. And the others who follow life, compassion, and purity, the second group of religious beings. But that leaves another group, a third group, who may very well be either or, but care not who is who, what is what, and ignore the ongoing arguing between the so called light and dark. I'll call that the third group of religious beings.

Ironically, no matter what you've been taught, there's no such thing as 'light or dark'. We're all the same, yet, we believe in different things. Why do we have religion? We have it to explain our actions against those who don't believe what we do. We blindingly curse, attack and possibly destroy those who don't believe what you do. Ignorance is common with religion. If we desire peace, or chaos, religion would be the key to focus on.

Therefore, religion is an excuse. An excuse to commit something you could not otherwise explain doing. Religion is complicated, yet so... simple.