My Thoughts to the World

     I grew up in a religious household and most of my family actively practices Christianity. I respect all religions and believe that people have the right to believe what they want. However, I am no longer religious because I have concluded that religion, as well as most human forms of knowledge are socially constructed over hundreds of thousands of years. This social construction includes every language, custom, and social norm that exist.  Additionally, from my travels, I realized that religion has a geopolitical purpose and has historically been used by world leaders to unite and maintain control over their populations. Moreover, I believe religious ideologies are fundamentally sexist, since in many world religions, women do not have the right to lead and must obey some form of submission to men. Religion also upholds racist ideologies, in many ways. Also have you seen a black angel in Christian or Catholic art, I know I haven't. Without racism, how do you expl...