The Search For Answers in Religion

Ever since the beginning of time, man has pondered the questions of life. Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? Is there a purpose? Is there a GOD? What is life?
Time and time again we have been shown that men who claim to have these questions answered, specifically clerics of various religions and other so called pagans, have been wrong. Whether through their own admission or through the advancement of Science, previously stated 'facts' have been replaced by Truth. I refuse to believe in the Supernatural. The word itself is a menace.

Power has been the goal of men for thousands of years. Clerics in ancient times wielded this power over the general population with miraculous explanations for questions yet unanswered by Science. This practice has evolved through the generations and it surprisingly still manages to gain followers, people of 'faith', and just plain gullible naive people.
With religion comes a set of morals, and more importantly, hope. Why is it that you generally find people of great 'faith' in some of the most atrocious living environments on the planet? Because people living in extreme conditions need to look forward to something. And in their sad existence, they see god as a last thread to hang on to. A last stand in the fight against the life they were dealt.

The real answers to the questions of life are not lying, undiscovered, in a book of 'faith'. They are for us to ponder, discuss and eventually conclude. We do not know anything of substance. We are a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot when put into a universal perspective. We have the power to think and debate the great mysteries, but we do not yet have the power to attain a certifiable conclusion. We simply do not know. Great minds have pondered these questions of life, the universe and everything, and have come up short handed. Because the answers are what we make them. Do not ask of another man what life is, ask it of yourself, and only then will you find true answers.