A Little Bit of Controversy....

My blog post this week will be a little more controversial than the past weeks, as it involves probably the most controversial and polarizing topic in the world; Religion. Before I present my views with you I'm going to give you a little bit of history on myself and Religion.

My extended family on my mothers side are hardcore Ukrainian Catholics (very similar to Roman Catholics with a few differences that I am not 100% sure on), other than that no one in my family is very religious. On a more personal note I attended Catholic schools for ten years, in which religion class is required. Although I do not consider myself an expert on the Catholic or Christian Religions I feel that I have a good knowledge of them. 

I will admit that I am not a Catholic or Christian now, I do not associate myself with any Religion in fact. However I do not consider myself a Atheist either. Some people may look down on me for this, or even say that I am not "allowed" to do this, but I have my own set of beliefs. Could you say that I made up my own Religion? Maybe, but do I? No. I simply consider them as irrational beliefs that are a part of me.

This Blog is not about my belief system, this Blog is about the Catholic and Christian (with either word hereby referring to both) Religions. Now I want to make this very clear before I begin, I DO NOT CARE WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE. I do not look down upon any religion and do not have a problem with any of them as long as they meet two criteria 

1) They do not encourage their members to hurt others (whether this be physically, mentally, or damage to their possessions) and 

2) That they do not push their religion onto others (there is a difference between informing, which is okay, and pressuring, which is not)

Now the problem that I have with the Catholic religion is not its underlying teaching or the mantra that it teaches. My problem is its unwillingness to evolve. The Catholic religion has stayed almost the exact same for centuries. They must accept that the world has changed and it as well has to change. Now I am not saying that the entire Religion has to be overhauled, I am saying that they must evolve in the ways that they deliver their message. 

For example, the Catholic religion refuses to change its stance on subjects that are now considered common knowledge. For example the theory of evolution. Overwhelming evidence has been put forward that support evolution, but the church refuses to acknowledge this evidence. The bible would not have to be rewritten and the words changed from "God created man" to "Man evolved from a monkey." I am suggesting minor tweaks in the way that the information is delivered. God created the universe in seven days, who is to say that God, an immortal and all powerful being, uses earth days? Why can they not teach that God created man, and that evolution was just part of the creation of man? That to reach the final product God went through many forms. 

The creationism theory is not the only one that I suggest needs tweaking. The practices of priests being allowed to wed (which historically they could), not only would attract more people to play a larger part in the Catholic community, but would also most likely cut down on what I consider to be the biggest problem that the church refuses to face. The problem of child molestation at the hands of people within the church. Another thing that really bugged me when I heard about was when the pope refused to support the use of condoms in Africa. Africa has a huge, sickening amount of unplanned pregnancies and people infected with AIDS. With one sentence the pope could have saved millions of lives but he refused.

A bit of an after note is the fact that Catholics look down on other religions, I believe that the world would be a better place, however unlikely it may be, if people learned to accept other religions the world would be a more peaceful place.

But this is my opinion and I know that many people will not agree. As always I welcome people to call me out on anything they see fit.