Honestly, the thing I fear most? Religion. I have seen it skew people so much it makes me sick. I've seen people I love become the total opposite of what I know they want to/should be. And these people weren't like, drug addicts or hedonists or anything like that, they were decent people, who lived fulfilling lives. Now all they do is sit at home and read the Bible and worry about what is gonna happen when they die. They totally forget about the fact that are living now. When I ask my friend if he wants to go have fun, hang out, go to a movie or anything like that, he always replies "yeah, that would be awesome! Oh, wait I have Bible study/church/youth group/misc stuff. I really wanna go, but I can't miss it or i'll be in trouble." He says it like hes never been more disappointed in his entire life. I'm not saying everyone should denounce religion, hell its right for some people. If you wanna, knock yourself out. But when you continue to do something you obviously hate, just because it is the "norm" it raises some questions in my head.
I think religion today is lead to exaduration. I seriously think religion is forced upon some of us to not fear death. It's something to make us think there is something after life. We will not know until we die.