Essay: Religion Has Done More Harm Than Good in our Society.

This is the question assigned to me by my subject teacher: In an Education for Life Programme held at the School's Auditorium, argue for or against the topic: Religion Has Done More Harm Than Good in our Society.

Here was my response to the questions given and how I tackled the question. LEARNING IS SWEET!!!

Religion Has Done More Harm Than Good in our Society.

Mr. Chairman,

Panel of Judges,

Accurate Time Keeper,

My Co - debaters,

Fellow students,

Ladies and Gentlemen.

    I am here to speak in favor of the opposition that "Religion Has Done More Harm Than Good in our Society". Religion is the belief in the existence of a god or gods and also the activities that are connected with the worship of them. To me and my debaters, we believe that religion has been beneficial to us in every area of our lives.

   Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe that you all know that religion is and was a good source of our education and civilization then and now. The first schools to come into existence were the Missionary schools which are Christian schools. The same is also applicable to the Islamic religion over there in the north. Islamic schools were also the first group of schools to come into existence in Nigeria. If I am to say, none of us here would have been educated if not for religion.

    The majority of our past heroes such as Herbert Macaulay, Alvan Ikoko, Alhaji sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, just to mention a few, were products of the mission or Islamic schools. All persons mentioned now contributed immensely towards the progress of Nigeria. Am I right or am I right. 

    No religion in Nigeria teaches bad acts and irresponsibility. This will tell you that religion has helped us in our morals and has disciplined us so well. Almost every religion has code of conduct, dos and don'ts. Even the African Traditional Religion also have their own taboos that guide their everyday lives. The Bible and the Koran, the holy books of the Christian and the Muslim preach against murder, stealing, cheating and other evils that are happening in our society because of some infidels. 

  Ladies and Gentlemen let me now comment on what one of the speakers of the opposing side said. He said that Commercialism of Religion has made nonsense of religion. I will agree with him, well the truth is painful. Some of our religious leaders have turned the churches into a business center where money is their number one priority not God or the people. Which is very wrong. In every profession there must be some bad eggs. So we must not condemn religion because of some few bad eggs and turn to the majority.

   Finally having stated all the most powerful points I know, I believe I totally Convinced you that Religion Has Done More Good Than Evil in our Society.

   Thank You.

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Let me not complement myself and say that I was a good write or arguer. Actually I was still poor in English but now I think I have improved. I love writing and that was why I joined this platform for me to improve my writing skills and one day prosper in the writing field. In this essay the score was over 50 and I was lucky to have gotten a 40 pass mark. 40/50

£40 points out of possible 50$

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