Religion And Religious Leaders - John Lennon Asked Us To “Imagine"

Religion, people are people. I’m a Christian trying to raise two boys to be smart, productive, honest people in this world. In Saudi Arabia there is a man attempting to do the same, only he is a Muslim. In Nepal, the same, only he is a Buddhist. Israel, the same, only he’s Jewish. I have met these people, they are just people trying to get by in this world, no better and no worse than me or you.

In this world, there are the same percent of dishonest people in America as there are in Pakistan. The same percent of liars in Japan, as there is in France. The same percent of honest, hardworking people in Russia as there is in Brazil. In the world today there are the same percent of people in love, in all countries.

John Lennon asked us to “Imagine” a world with no religion. He asked us to imagine this because he wanted us all to step back and take an honest look at the world we live in. He never thought we could eliminate religion; he only wanted us to see how destructive we sometimes allow it to become. For the most part people are the religion they practice for two reasons, where they were born on this planet and who their parents are. People usually never get to choose their religion, they are born into it.

Religious faiths have pitted themselves against one another for thousands of years. They have in no way done this to benefit the souls of their followers; this is a fight for dominance and power. This fight for power has perverted the original message of most religions. The people managing these religions choose the direction and the faithful follow, now that is power. They all tell us everyone else is going to hell, stick with us though and you will be saved, have faith.

Build your numbers, collect their money, use the money to build mosques and churches and temples, use them to build your numbers and collect more money. Is this a harmless cycle? For the most part, yes. It is not until the cycle slows that we see trouble. Goal number one is to keep those people you already have. Next, convert as many as you can with promises of heavenly rewards or in some cases simply a release from persecution. Lastly, when all else fails, kill as many of the nonbelievers as possible. Well I’m sad to say it but the cycle has slowed and that’s where goal number three tends to come in to play. Now, with armies of the faithful, willing to follow their religious leaders blindly and without question; we again march into war.

The people of the world need to wake up, take a step back and look at what they are allowing their religious leaders to do in the name of God.