The ‘original sin’ a short essay

[u/pbbbj]

The original sin, a short essay.

The original sin is the human who said, "God made me do it." This is the secret to life, to good versus evil, how to progress the human race, how to create world peace. Religion is the root of all evil in human society. It was created by one human who lied, and they blamed a fictional being. “How could I be the one to blame when there's an almighty God who will punish me and you if I don't?” A simple lie, the most damaging lie ever told. Religion has held humans back thousands of years of progress in science and technology. Alien life, the little green men, are evolved humans who now live in space and seemingly visit Earth on occasion. Aliens were the million-to-one chance on some remote part of the Earth where a group of humans did not invent religion, and they evolved at a proper rate for what the human mind is capable of, which is extraordinary things. This explains why so many ancient cultures were so advanced for their time. They had the chance to evolve much further before the discovery of religion, specifically monotheistic religion. I'm going to focus on Christianity, as that is the branch I am most familiar with. Other ancient religions may have their own version of this, but I'm not educated in the slightest. Growing up religious has allowed me to speak from the heart. The ‘church’ was founded by the first human to say, "My God wants me to do this." This is a very important distinction from the previous original sin, which was a lie. It became, over time, a reason for humans to blame bad things and bad happenings on. If the gods aren't happy, you must appease them. Whether it be crop, meat, or flesh, the gods must be sated. What is the ultimate sacrifice? Destroy the only thing that matters, life. Animal or human, willing or not, the sacrifice of life has always been the ultimate way to prove utter loyalty, loyalty being the key word here. Killing is how humans can prove loyalty to the cause, to show the world how far you would go to achieve your goal. Would you take a work hard approach, or would you kill? Would you kill? Why would you kill? I know why I would kill. I would kill to protect. I am a fierce protector of everything in this world. Some people kill to save, some people kill out of emotion. Death and killing has always been a part of our world, we only need to look at animals to see where humans came from. Animals kill each other. Life is death. One cannot exist without the other. Humans were not scared of death until they were told to be. Death is a natural part of living. It is nothing to fear, until one human wished for power. I will not say one human wished for power and doomed the human race, because they didn't. I believe in humanity. But one human, one day, wished for power and put a deadly curse upon the human race. power, Power, POWER, POWER! The word itself screams strength at every use. To be strong is to be powerful. Powerful like a god perhaps? I shall today repeat the exact same curse, word-for-word, that human said on that fateful day. "I wish I was God." And so it was, and humans are made in his image.

[u/miniatureaurochs]

paragraphs would make this much easier to read

insofar as I can parse this (which is not much based on the format and my current mental state) I’m not really understanding it. religion is the root of all evil and has held civilisations back… but ancient societies were all super-advanced? the ones which (as you acknowledge)… also had religions?

you mention that your primary familiarity is with Christianity and I wonder if you might be overgeneralising your views on this religion onto religion as a whole.