Organized Religion and Its Necessity

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Is Organized Religion Necessary for Society

According to Charon, organized religion is very important to society. However, it seems as if the social world is biased upon which society they base their religion on. The book brings up many points defending this.
One example of the biased definitions s placed under the question “can society exist without religious social morals?” If you look at the laws in the general area you will notice the Ten Commandments from the catholic religion being placed into the legal system. Thou shall not kill, and thou shall not steal are a main factor in the laws. In some religions it is right to kill depending on the reason it is done. In America today however, it is wrong to kill regardless of your reason.
It was also brought up that religion helps us explain the unexplainable. This however is also not an up to date concept. I understand that we still explain good and evil by way of religion. Nonetheless, People these days have found ways to divert the rule of God by having more of an out of this world explanation for why things happen. The focus today turns to aliens and extraterrestrials. There is also a philosophical view point that maybe we don’t actually exist. There re theories being brought up around the world to try to get people to not look towards a religion. Religion is becoming a backdrop in the social world today.
Another thing that I noticed when reading this section was the way society does focus on a biased religious agenda. If you look at the schedule of different religion events you will notice the force on a catholic way. Schools and stores close for Christmas but not for Hanukkah. We also find that schools close for Easter and Ash Wednesday,

Passover, etc. These are all catholic holidays. Why aren’t the other religions included in the days of dedication? It is not fair that our society is so biased.
It is true that one’s moral system is based on religion though. I believe this because it is relevant everywhere. Very rarely will you find those hardcore practicing Catholics or Protestants disobeying the laws because they believe it is wrong. It is very noticeable that practicing religious people are very rarely the “bad ones” in society.
Another point is the fact that government is completely ruled by God, and God’s rules.

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