Religion In Our Lives

Although I am a strongly professed atheist, I do believe that there is some necessity for religion in the real world. The truth is, not everyone has the mental will to withstand the rushing idea that we only have one life to live over a very short amount of time. Thee are many people that truly believe in god as a reaction to their own fear of death and/or the idea of us being alone in this solitary universe.

I do not condone, however, the actions done in the name of religion. I would prefer if people would put away their zealotry and just put forth the effort required to tolerate other people. There is no need for America to be a Christian nation, and people should stop killing themselves in the name of their god (or gods). We need religion to play a much more private role while still helping those in need. Some people feel comforted by religion, and others are compelled by it to actually do good things.

So I'm going to make it clear. Although I don't necessarily support religion, it does have some positive effects, and it does have the potential to force otherwise completely selfish people to actually do something for other people. Of course it can make people do extremely negative things, but that's usually bred out of greed, and we could never actually remove that from humanity.

Anarchy!

I know plenty of people who seem to think that anarchy would be the greatest government state ever, because, like, the government is too powerful and corrupt.

Well guess what. Anarchy is worse.

An anarchistic state cannot support itself, instead it creates a gaping hole in a very important establishment in the human psyche. We are, by nature, pack animals, so when we remove any form of leadership from our society, instead of holding hands around the campfire, people and groups fight for the now vacant position of power.

The reality is that government is the only thing preventing mob rule right now. Government as envisioned by the founding fathers is the most simple, yet powerful form of government we can have without our rights being screwed by the populace. Anyone who says that they believe in anarchy, and that they think our government sucks do not look at the whole picture.

Anarchy supports a large amount of self interest. Now right now I just got some Communist upset, probably saying that not all anarchist states have to be in support of self interest, but I'm being realistic. In anarchy, the altruistic people of the world would be trod upon by the more powerful. A person who is more willing to attack, steal, and bully, will be able to make it farther than someone who is kind and generous. Without a proper government, laws don't exist, and the truly evil people never get punished. This, in fact, would make the anarchist state evolve (I can use this word freely because I know Christians don't support anarchy) into a for of totalitarianism. Viola, anarchy fails.

Leaving it up to the society to uphold socially accepted actions is also severely flawed. What happens when the man who has no friends is robbed or attacked. The people don't notice and don't really care. Totally fair.

Let's use a totally real example of anarchy. The Hippies.

There was no law or system within their society. They were hedonists to a sickening degree. They did good things for society, but we cannot ignore their actions. They were truly anarchists of a great caliber. They refused to follow the laws of society, and they used drugs rampantly, and were extremely sexually liberal. Their society eventually collapsed itself as it became overly chaotic, and they went from peaceful, to destructive.

I'll conclude on that and let you think about it for yourself. Just keep in mind, human nature doesn't allow for anarchism. We need leaders. That is why anarchy fails.