Religion: Why Be A Fanatic?

Religion is not really as tricky as some people think. It's just addictive and billions are high on it. Religion is just like music. It motivates, inspires, uplifts, encourages, teaches, preaches and many other things. And just like music, it's not something you should take too seriously. It's not something you should live your daily life by. In one of his songs, Burna Boy sang: "Anybody! Wey no want to soji... nack am something." If you go, in real life, to nack something on somebody wey no want to soji, you are on your own o. That's how it is with religion too. 

There are parts of the Bible (Deu 22:20-24) that dictate that any woman who just got married and was found not to be a virgin should be stoned to death, and any rape victim who was raped in the city should be put to death because 'she did not scream'. These were the commandments of 'God' as stated by Christianity. Islam also has its own list of terrifying ideals, like Prophet Muhammad (salla Allah u alihi wa sallam) marrying a child far below 18. I'm sure no one would wish such horrible things on themselves or their kids. So why do you live your life under the influence of religion? It's like somebody living his/her life by the lyrics of his/her favourite song. You're addicted. And when many others catch the same infection, it becomes a cult and a couple years later, a movement pops up, named after the singer of that song and before you say Jack, you might just have a new religion. That's how religions are created. Some clever dude just comes up with a lot of charisma that attracts people with certain things in common and in a couple years, the group becomes a religion, just like Nation of Islam. All these things are man-made. Yes, there may be a God. Actually, I believe there is a God. There was a Jesus, there was a Muhammad, there was a Buddha. But they were just like you and me, perhaps a little smarter or maybe luckier, otherwise they're ordinary human beings. There's no need to kill yourselves over what they allegedly said that God said.