Why Study Religion?

This was my first essay in the University.
Why Study Religion?
It seems as if there has never been a time known to man when there
has never been a religion in some guise or another. Nor has there
been a race of people who have never tried to practice it in some
shape or form. The study of religion should not be regarded as a new
venture for mankind or a new idea that man is trying to grasp and
understand. Also, it could be argued that by researching such a
phenomena as religion, it does not look like man will come to any
unified agreement in the near future. Especially, if it all com…