1. People are afraid of assimilating into the culture that they live in.
2. Religion is being used as an excuse to be arrogant.
3. People are pitying themselves, instead of accepting responsibility for their shortcomings and making the necessary changes.
4. People are afraid of questioning their own beliefs and values.
5. Religious people do not read their own religious text.
6. People have a weak relationship with their parents; they either fear, hate, disrespect, or disobey them.
7. Women are not getting attention from their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and husbands. They are forced to seek it from other sources, such as idiots on Facebook.
8. Women define themselves by their looks. Men define themselves by how much money they make.
9. The social benefits of being religious are encouraging people to become "righteous" for the wrong reasons.
10. People are focusing on the ritualistic aspects of religion/culture and forgetting the fundamentals of humanity, such as respecting one's parents, kindness to others, and leaving judgement up to God.
Life is simple. Let's stop making things so complicated.
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Jangrizzle on Friday, September 02, 2011.