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Many believe that religion is not a good thing, others say it is. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

#religion
Religion
 is
a
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significant for many cultures.There are plenty of religions,
people
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 believe in different gods but there is one mutual part of every
religion
. It plays a huge role in
people
's lives. Is it a good impact or not? I would like to present my point of view.
Firstly
, I believe that
religion
 can definitely
impacts
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people
's lives in a positive way. Humans believe in god, who in most cases is a good character, who tells you how to be a good person and that it is significant to help others and live in peace.
For instance
,
people
 strongly connected to church
are often volunteers
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 in some social institutions, which help ill or poor
people
. They
also
 donate money
for
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people
 in need.
Moreover
,
religion
 can be helpful in grief.
People
 seek answers and it can be comforting,
belief
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, that there is a life
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after
afer
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after
 death and it is just
the
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 matter of time
,
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when
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 they will meet their
love
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 ones.
On the other hand
,
religion
 can
also
 cause harm and death.
For example
, terrorist attacks were caused by
deep
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 belief in god. Those
people
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 claimed, they were killing others and themselves as well, in order to please their god and go to heaven afterwards. A good illustration of that
,
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 can be the
catolic
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catholic
 church, which is homophobic. It should not matter,
who
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 the person loves. It is a private sphere and there is nothing wrong with it. As far as I can tell,
religion
 can be good or bad but it depends on how a specific person
interpret
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 it. Personally, I believe, that it can be dangerous to devote yourself
in
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 belief completely.
People
 need to find a balance between, what is in the Bible or any other holy book and their personal beliefs
,
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 because following blindly every single rule written by
church
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 can cause trouble.
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