It is with much apprehension that I touch on the subject of religion, but with how much it changes our lives I thought it’d be prudent to discuss the incorrect ways humans use it and how those uses are wrong no matter the religion.

Like the above picture says, just because you go to church, it doesn’t mean you’re a true follower of God or that you’re a good person. Truly being a follower of any religion entail sacrifice and a never ending amount of hard work to fix yourself. Truly understanding your fellow believers is something that should come somewhat natural to you and if you’re having a hard time respecting their actions or thoughts then you should either question your motivations for worshipping or clarify with them on what they’re doing different from the rest of the congregation. No matter, what you SHOULD do in a religion changes from institution to institution but there are definite things a follower of a God and Jesus shouldn’t do.

The main thing that bothers me is people using the name of their religion like an excuse to be treated differently without actually acting differently. Using your religion as a status symbol is wrong. No one should care what religion you belong to and if they do then it’s probably not a good thing. I’ve known several people with pull in the community that only go to church because it expected of them and their actions are rarely in accord with the beliefs they profess to have. Let me tell you that you will be singled out pretty easily by those who are devout followers if you aren’t one and that you’re giving Christians a bad name.