Evaluation:
Published: 30.09.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Religion in Modern Society', 1.
  • Essays 'Religion in Modern Society', 2.
Extract

Religious teachings often begin with the ideals of finding inner peace, or aiding those in need, yet, over the centuries, these religions have merely become a means of facilitating the ambitions and desires of those who are in power. Many faiths disguise and warp themselves in a way that sets reality aback, and makes individual existence seem all the less valuable. Over millennia, scriptures have been modified countless times, becoming form-fitted duplicates that vary according to the era, or to whatever purpose such an alteration might serve. …

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