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From
the Heart
by
Ricardo Lopez
I want to start out by saying that I am not writing this article to offend
anyone, or to put down Christianity.
I was a Catholic. My parents raised me as a Catholic. Up until a couple
months ago, I stopped practicing my faith. It's not because I decided to be
another bratty teenager who feels the need to rebel. I guess the one thing I
have always prided myself in is free will.
I believe that everyone has a brain, and therefore has to make their own
decisions. Religion is like this: You practice your faith, believe it, and live
your life happily. Right? The basis of all religion. Every last religion
believes that you have to stay loyal to your religion. You have to believe it.
This is what is called a blind faith.
Humans are best known for being gullible. Many are followers, and very few
are leaders. But you have leaders, that don't even know what they are talking
about. I guess this has been my life as far back as I can remember.
Because I have grown so much, I guess my eyes have been opened. I'm not
saying that every Christian is blind. This is not true. Hell, for all I know I'm
just talking nonsense. But I guess like the famous quote says: "The key to
happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself"
This is a prime example of religion. Religion helps you become a better
person inside. It brings out the good in people. But I have seen so many hypocrites, that it sickens me. I'm not even ashamed to say that I see this going
on in my own family. I guess that is partly a reason that I stop practicing my
faith.
I'm not going to bother going back to religion. I've done great without it. I
live a fulfilling life, and have 7 very close true friends. I am generous to the
needy, and am willing to help people. I fight for the underdogs, though I always
make exceptions. I don't help to people I know don't deserve a hand. It's always
been like this.
The point of this article is really to
explain what Freewill means to me. I
don't write this persuade anyone; I write this to show a different view point.
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Ricardo
Lopez is currently a sophomore at Advanced
Technologies Academy High School in Las Vegas.
Ricardo was a student of Reverend/Mr. John O'Keefe
two years ago and submitted an article then, after
two years, his view points on religion have
changed.
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