The
first paragraph discussed today in class further showed that Dostoyevsky presents
both sides of every argument and flips what the reader believes, he does so by
going back and forth whether or not the narrator is in fact a spiteful person. The
idea that religion was a necessary byproduct of human evolution is quite
complex. Religion was needed to protect humans from other humans, which is
rational argument, however, although religion has outlasted its original purpose,
it is still somewhat needed in society. Going back to the lecture on The Stranger, there can only be rich
people because there are poor people. Religion is necessary to ensure social
class distinction; it is the opiate of the masses. Today religion ensures that
the people at the bottom of society stay at the bottom with the hope of a
greater reward. Mr. Shapiro made a point that I thought was true, he said that
religion cannot suppress thousands of years of human instincts, a thought that
is particularly prudent evident since world history is plagued by wars in the
name of religion.
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