The Inevitability of Progress

If history can prove anything, it’s that things change, and often for the better. Make no mistake, however, that change may be slow and costly, but change is inevitable. I see that today in so many different forms but the one most prominent in my mind is that of the chokehold that Christianity has on Americans.

If we look back at the history of the world we will notice eras of stability with little change. Some might mistake this as a time of prosperity. Little change means everyone is in agreement, right? If everyone agrees, peace is prevalent and all is well, but on the contrary, these times of little or no change just signify an imbalance. Those with power have subdued those who oppose power in any way, shape or form.

This brings me to the inevitable progress I was speaking of. Why am I even so bold as to write an article questioning this religion which is still practiced by a great majority of the country? Because these are the turbulent times I was speaking of when change occurs. Conformity to the accepted norms is not in the best interest of society as a whole. While a majority still clings to this archaic mindset and will defend it—it is a dying ideology. The proof that it is dying is in the desperate attempt to maintain followers by the people in power.

In no other time in history has religion had such an importance in politics as it does now. Almost every contender for the presidential election right now has some “Christian take” on issues that have little, if anything at all, to do with religion. And the fact that people fall for this obvious distraction is unsettling, but it is also just the right amount of appalling behavior to set off this chain of events that will ultimately end with the death of Christianity as currency for a deluded few and a replacement of rational thought for the deluded masses.

Now, I’m not saying that religion, or Christianity specifically is to blame for the conformity that has kept this country behind the times when compared to other countries like Japan or Sweden. I am saying, however, that Christianity seems to be the scapegoat to justify the roadblocks to progress, such as denying a person the right to marry despite his sexual preference or orientation, or Congress wasting more time on what a woman can or can’t do with her body when half of America is either homeless or jobless. This shouldn’t even be an issue but every good politician knows the way to make it an issue is by making it a religious one—and apparently, the freedom of religion that this country touts as such a basic and moral right, is only a right if that religion is Christianity.

So, while many will read this and see it as an attack on their beliefs and values, you are right, it is an attack. This is an attack on conforming to what someone tells you you should conform to and then uses a religion, a god, or a book to justify it. This is an attack on being satisfied with the way things are right now just because changing it sounds like too much work, and things aren’t so bad now anyway. This is an attack on willful ignorance and laziness that plagues this society. But this is also a confirmation of the fact that progress is inevitable. It is happening right now as you read this article and like it or not, simply reading this has caused a change.

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