Religion to the fullest

It was very interesting to finally read something about the Christian religion that I agree with. I have always disagreed with people that are religious just because they don’t know any better or because they are afraid of opening their minds and analyze their beliefs. I enjoy seeing a person who truly enjoys his beliefs and that is completely in love with his religion.
In this history course we have been learning a lot about the development of Catholics and Christians and how the religion was mainly used as a weapon to control people and gain power. Of course there were always people who were truly believers, but the people in power were using it with a different purpose.
Martin Luther King’s “The Freedom of a Christian” was truly enjoyable to read. He found a way to explain what a true Christian is. Martin Luther King says “A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none, a Christian man is the most dutiful of all, and a subject to anyone”. This view of a Christian is just amazing, and it applies to all religious people no matter what religion they are from. You have to be the one in control of yourself and your surroundings, but at the same time live to help and serve others. This is the perfect balance and something we never saw in religion in previous chapters. If people would have these ideas in the past, they could’ve prevented many wars and violence mainly in the Middle Ages.
Martin Luther King also explains that if you are not true to your religion, you would be performing labors to justify your faith and save yourself and not following the spiritual principles of the religion. This was also very common in the Middle Ages, where people would fight to gain power and conquer new places using their religion as a shield to justify their actions.
“The law is not made for a righteous man” (1 Tim. i. 9). Laws were created because men could not peacefully live and govern themselves, sadly we need rules to be able to interact and respect each other freedom.