Does religion play a key role?

Brandon James

After reading A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway and explaining in detail about what he was trying to get across, I have taken an approach with the evidence I believed to be achievable. To begin with, I do not believe that the human existence created religion out of nowhere just because they wanted something to believe in. Religion has its main focal point and its purpose to everyone no matter what religion that may be. Some question that raised from the reading are: Is religion made up or accurate? Does religion play a key role through the lives of people, or does it just brainwash people with false hope?

In the early chapters od the book it begins to mention how the human existence explained the reason why they exist on earth. Going into further speculations we discover that people made up religion in their heads to create a sense of hope. As a man of faith, I find this challenging to believe because I know after reading the bible numerous times throughout my life the Bible his accurate and the teachings of God are real. I would agree that religion plays an impactful role through the lives of its believers, because it impacts an entire community or culture. Religion forms the way people think and act.  Each religion has its own code of conduct set for its followers to abide by, which gives them the challenge to see how strong that faith actually is. For instance, the ten commandments gives Christians a set of commands on how they should live and treat others. Another reason religion plays a key role in our lives is sue to the fact that it helps people deal with hard situations daily. For people without religion it may be hard to handle tough situations in their life, but with it they have faith to overcome any obstacle.