Fear

There are certain subjects that spread such widespread fear upon us that they do not need to be discussed. Although we do not talk about them daily to our peers they still loom around us and will haunt us from time to time and cause a sleepless night every so often. Luckily this is one subject that does not effect me, but one that must be discussed.

What if religion wasn't true? What if everything you have been preached, taught, and raised on all of your life wasn't real? Maybe it is real, but what if it isn't? You would be lying as a religious follower to say you have never entertained this taught. The only way we can subdue this fear is to undoubtedly prove its falsity. Unfortunately to to this, we would have to die, and then observe what comes next. But unfortunately we have another 60 years of living and wondering and doubt before we can use this test. And then of course the fact that we wont be able to come back and tell the next generation the truth and save them from this fear, remember, you are dead. But haven't there already been stories of this? Yes, but they are usually contained in the same text that teaches the religion in the first place. Circular reasoning does us no good. But what about the tales of children and adults who dies, went to the afterlife, but after being medically resurrected came back to our own world? To me it seems a little fishy that all of these stories immediately go to Hollywood and to the bookshelves in attempt to make millions off a universally popular subject. So what should we do? Keep our faith and trust those who came before us? Abandon Ship? Worry 24/7 and become mentally insane?

What makes this truly the most powerful fear imaginable is its ability to easily destroy individual lives, communities, and mankind itself if it were true. I am glad I don't have to worry about things like this.