Should Religion Decide How We Live Our Lives

Should religion decide how we live our lives? Religion was created to help explain what was going on. Now, we have science to explain what is going on in the world. We now understand that earthquake aren't caused by God trying to punish us. Instead, earthquakes occur because of tectonic movements in the earth's crust. Religion has become useless, harmful and a burden for society. Thus, we need to end the practice of religion in our society.

Religion has been used to justify discrimination for many people. In many religions, it is considered a sin to be gay. Many people who are homophobic tend to be very religious, and many people aren't religious tend to be accepting and affirming of homosexuality. If religion didn't exist, people who were

According to an article titled "Christianity as a Justification for Slavery" by Edger Walter, it states that "Slaveholders believed that slavery would

According to an article titled "The American Right, the Purpose of Government, and the Future of Liberty" by Craig Biddle, it states that "The proper purpose of government is, as the Founding Fathers recognized, to protect people's inalienable rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness." When religion interferes with politics, the government's purpose can't be done. In the article titled "An Idaho sheriff's daunting battle to investigate when children of a faith-healing sect die" by Nigel Duara, it states that "In most states, failing to seek medical care for a nearly 40-week-old fetus might be a crime. Idaho is one of at least four states that provide religious groups broad exemptions from criminal prosecution and civil liability for the deaths of children attributable to medical neglect." By the state's government doing this, they aren't protecting people's right to live. They are allowing children to die. Why are they doing this? Modern medicine could save these children, but instead, the parents are deciding to pray away the illness. Don't they love their children? Our government should step up and get these children medical attention When you introduce religion into politics, politicians began to focus on defending their belief system. Modern progressive laws have shut down almost entirely on the promise of religious ethics. Unless Jesus comes back, I don't see how religion has a home in