My thoughts on religion

it is so sad. people are so desperate for an answer to the great questions of life(where did we come from, what is our purpose, what is right, etc..) that they will do or believe anything without really looking at the whole picture. pretty much, most people just go for the easy answer. other people try to interpret things to their liking, as long as it suits them. and then some people take the answers for granted and use them to control people. i would like to present my cases and please keep in mind i am not prejudiced toward any religion.
the quran, the book the muslim religion is based on, is just the interpretation muhammud, a prophet in the views of muslims, got from the bible. he read the bible and wrote what he thought it meant. people interpreted it to kill infidels and such when it can mean so much more than that. but some people just like to take things and interpret it to their suiting. if leaders tell the people the answers to all their questions, then the people are under the control of the power of knowledge, so the leaders can say allah says to kill their enemy, all because of corruption.
in mormon, joseph smith, a prophet in the views of mormons, interpreted the bible so that he may share it with all those who believe. people followed him because he had an answer and it made enough sense to people so that they may follow the book of mormon. now, there is not actually anything in the book of mormon that you can interpret to be an extremist like there is in practically every other religion. all im trying to say is that its an answer that makes sense to its followers.
catholicism is a combination of christianity and paganism. now, the word pagan is an umbrella term used to describe those who are slow to learn widely accepted religion. but all those religions that opposed christianity were at war with the aforementioned religion. emperor constantine held the council of nicea to interpret the bible, remove controversial books, and add pagan celebrations. this was a necessary evil to save the world from turmoil. it, too, was an interpretation of an answer that made sense to its followers.
in conclusion, all im trying to say is that before you look at the simple answer, look at yourself. just do what you feel is the right thing to do. look inside yourself, truly look inside yourself, before you bother with all the rules, stories, and "answers" that religion provides because the answer is already in you.
now, for my opinion. i save it for last so as to not be biased. if you find any biased statements in this please let me know. i do believe in the holy trinity and how He is the creator and He gave his son to save us from our sins. i also believe that religion is an invention of man, it causes strife, and it was not the intention of Hm. i know that St. Peter was instructed by Jesus to form a way to WORSHIP Him, but thats it. all he wanted us to do was to give praise and learn how to lead a good life. it doesnt matter what we think He looks like, who did what when Jesus was alive, or any of that sort. the only facts we need to know are Jesus dies for our sins and God created us. everyting else we can learn here on earth on a day to day basis. God gave us all the answers we need in ourselves. He made us in his image, so we already know whats right through Him! we are all a part of Him. the bible has been tainted through time due to man, so just look inside yourself. that is all.
an input from Hannah Lancaster which i agree with but seemed to leave out: On the point of religon:
Religon is a man made concept, Religon tells us that for God to love us we have to do certain things we have: be straight, we cant ever commit a crime blahh blahh blahh, Its like they have a ready made list of these things we have to do for god to love us. A father does not say to his son, "i have made youu a list of things... Read More youu have to do, only after youu have done thses things shall i love youu" religon tells us that our father in god has told us this. But god always loved us and always will, the bible says we have to REPENT for our sins, that if we repent he will forgive us. the bible does not say that we have to do things to gain his love, it asks that we repent not that we do what this religon tell us to do.
Religon is not a godly thing, Religon asks us to be perfect, we are not perfect.
Catholics have interpreted religon to mean we should worship the vigin mary, and every other saint, frankly every catholic saint is to be turned into an idol in the name of god, we should not worship people only god :/.
Anyways yeahh i know its random just thought i add something ;)