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My senior year of high school, every Monday before first hour, we stood up, faced the flag, placed our hands over our hearts, and said the pledge of allegiance, led by our principal. This upset many students at our school for several reasons, one being the mention of God in our pledge. But this view was refuted using the argument that our country was founded on the basis of religion and its ideals, so it is only right that religion be included in the pledge. This is true; the country was founded on the ideals of religion because religion has always been a huge part of people’s lives, greatly impacting society, and has played a huge role in human identity across the globe since the beginning of civilization. As such a large and common part of society, religion has, ironically, led to countless conflicts and war throughout history, despite the fact that one of religion’s main purposes is to set a moral standard for people to meet. Yet it appears that the more scientific evidence there is collected to explain our origins and the processes of the mind, the smaller the role of religion in our society becomes. Portrayals of futuristic societies suggest societies in which religion is not a factor. This portrayal of religious-less societies is not far-fetched, as the role of religion in our human identity will significantly shrink in relation to discoveries made pertaining to our existence, resulting in what will most likely be a more peaceful society. Ultimately, the role of religion in modern societies must become smaller and smaller until it disappears almost completely, forfeiting its importance in future societies. This transformation is inevitable due to the lack of necessity that people will have for religion. Religion was first created to explain what people could not; things such as night and day, the seasons, and human existence. But due to science and the knowledge that came along with that, we can now explain all of these things using scientific fact as opposed to religious stories which have very little, if any, fact to back them up and are usually considered fictitious.
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