Post might be a tad bit too offensive

Note: If you are a very religious person and are easily offended, I recommend that you don't read the following. I am usually very acceptant of everyone's right to their beliefs...except now. So please I apologize beforehand.
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Alright so I just had a HUGE arguement with my mom about religion and well everyone has their turning point in life and I think I might have just reached mine.

When I was younger, I used to cry alot thinking about death and what if there was no life after it. At a certain age I started to read up on Islam and become somewhat of a devout Muslim and believed in religion strongly to some level.

As time went past I started to read up on other religions and realized that Islam might not be the "best, most believable religion" and I became somewhat of an agnostic. Since then I have not followed religion not because I found evolution more believable and religion less credible but mainly because I found it was impossible to know which religion was right and I guess evolution was a bit more believable..and credible. But the point is I argued many a times with people who said anyone who followed religion was stupid and stood up for many of them.

Thats why I never made the transition from agnostic to athiest. I believed that everyone was right in following what they believed and noone should have the right to judge them...until today.

I got into an arguement with my mom because she made some comments that kind of aimed at categorizing people according to their race, which I didn't agree with. Soon the arguement turned into a full-fledged one about religion. I realize now how ignorant people can be when they are lost in their beliefs.

For the first time I think maybe the world would be a better place without religion. I know most people would say "Hey, I don't care about what religion anyone follows as long as I can follow mine" but I no longer believe them.
Now I believe religious people generally tend to side more with people of their own faith. If you are religious, let me ask you have you never been even slightly excited when you found out a certain celebrity followed the same faith as you? Have you not felt closer or further apart from a person when you first meet them depending on if they follow the same religion as you or don't?

The fact is that about 15 minutes ago, I realized that no matter how close some people can get or how great their personalities are, if they are very religious there will always be a separation between them.

I know many will not agree with this. Many will say "I'm religious and my best friend doesn't follow the same religion as me" or "This is bullshit. People shouldn't be judged on religion" but the fact is I used to believe the last statement too but it was due to my lack of beliefs. I feel now I have acquired some beliefs, those against religion and I don't know if I can look at people the same way. Man, I don't think I can even look at my parents the same way anymore.

I am not going to go around preaching anti-religion now either because I still feel whatever faith I have should remain with me in the comforts of my own house. But boy have the last 2 hours been life-changing.

I don't know if this post makes any sense but just like the last one, I just needed to vent. This blog started out as something I wanted to write for the sake of others reading it but recently no matter how I start out writing a post, it just becomes a bit too personal. It feels more like I'm writing for myself now.

And I hate it.