Freethinker Essay

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I am working on an essay that I have to finish and ran into writer's block. I am going to throw my first paragraph out here and see what you think. Maybe it will stir debate, and maybe help me beat this writer's block. Suggestions would be appreciated too.

A shocked eighth grader sat in his social studies classroom and looked up puzzled, wondering where the smoking building went. In a world where people commit heinous acts in the name of an omnipresent being, who is right? How can one group claim to be the sole steward of that being’s message? These questions were ricocheting around in my thirteen year old mind while I tried to comprehend what was going on in the world and how something like September eleventh could happen. People all over the world absolutely arrogant and confident in their beliefs were willing to kill or be killed for them. Regardless of ideology, how could I wholeheartedly associate myself with any religious belief when the horrors of the world were being fueled by them? The logical conclusion I came to was the lesser of the evils, agnosticism.