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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Kaylee Discussion 2 (Thursday)


I really enjoyed the discussion today. Religion has always been a topic that interested me. It is something that I personally do not understand; yet it has been apart of my life since I was little.  The idea of religion being apart of evolution is seemingly contradictory because most religions do not support the idea of evolution of mankind.  I have always asked myself who made up religion and why. The discussion we had in class. I always saw it as a way to control the masses; I just failed to connect certain details. Religion alters our darkest instincts, hiding them beneath the surface. However, just like everything else humanity has butchered the importance of religion, making it the root of social issues that have caused wars and other violence. Today, I am accepting of the fact that our generation leans more towards reason and logic when it comes to our origins and a “higher power”. It will be interesting to see how our children perceive religion in the future. In relation to the novel, I think it is amazing how Dostoevsky can provoke such insight on a topic as vast as the ones mentioned in a single paragraph. 

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