Science over Religion
Essay by Ceceliaaa • March 7, 2013 • Essay • 293 Words (2 Pages) • 1,442 Views
Since the beginning of man, humans have attempted to manifest the abounding mysteries of the universe, and to justify our creation and existence, but still to this day we can't seem to figure out the true reason of how we; as human beings truly got here. That one question that always lingers in the back of your subconscious mind, waiting for the right moment to escape its mental cage you've created, to crash into your frontal lobe, making your brain run on overload trying to figure out the answer. Why are we here? What is our main purpose on the planet we all call Earth? There are many theories and stories about how we may have come into existence, some believe in the earth's creation by science and then there are those who base their creation on religion. Since the dawn of time we have been arguing amongst each other about who is right and who is wrong. We'll never fully know the truth of our existence, because no one has lived long enough to tell us. So we rely on what we've been taught as young children by our parents; who have been taught the same thing.
From the time I was little I was raised catholic. I would go to church, pray and attend bible study three days out of the week with my cousin AJ. I enjoyed it, but as a little kid you think everything is fun and exciting, but as I grew, so did the same resounding questions I've had since childhood. How did we get here? I would ask my mother and brother all the time, but they would say the same thing to me, "Well, god did, that's what I was raised to believe."
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