Religon And Freedom

To begin with, lets define what is the meaning of the word religion. The word religion is derived from the Latin word “religo” which derives from the verb “religere” which in English means relate or link. It means connecting or combining again. Here we might ask why the word means reestablish or reconnect not establish or connect. The answer is simple, the relation between god and the people was good at first, and then because man was always selfish and acted arrogant and wicked the relation was broken between human beings and god. That is why god created the religions to reestablish the relation ship that was broken between man and god.

A religion as all of us know is something to be experienced; we go through religion or are religious persons. In any known religion, religion is to believe in the power of the words. If someone wants to convince you in Islam for example, he/ she starts talking about the prophet Mohammad and how he had received the words of god. The first thing you do is either to believe or not to believe

and this means that in religions you can’t ask for proves. You can analyze the words of god and think about it but this comes after you believe. Religion is something you accept and agree on by only hearing or knowing about it. But also to believe you have to trust the person who is transmitting the message to you. I stress again, the words in the religion have the full power since god can be neither touched nor seen and the whole truth lies only in the words. So faith, which is the essential component in religion, is the trust in the power of the words by only hearing them not reading !

Freedom, however, means a moment or moments marked by the ability to do or say whatever someone wants at a certain time in a certain place. This notion, as we have noticed from the definition, is directly seen to collide with the notion of religion. Religions put certain rules and limitations for its believers on how to act and what to speak within this religion. And from what I had previously mentioned having faith in a certain religion is to first believe in the words upon hearing them. And thus if you believe you are obliged to act accordingly with your religion. And thus the freedom, absolute freedom of man is being limited by religions. To clarify and explain this more let me make a small historic preview on how religions had limited man’s freedom and this can be by talking about: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Even before religions existed, when there was many gods people didn’t have

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