It can’t just be me who firmly believes that a large portion of the world live blindly following faith of some kind because it’s easier, surely? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t see the benefit for some people to believe in what ever god they choose to, or that I don’t respect them as human beings, part of this wide and diverse world… It’s just that well, it kind of bothers me how devoted some of these people get… how fanatical… and how easy it is for them to give up their freedom, and fall into a state of being lead, or controlled by a faith which has been created specifically to control the masses, to subdue them.

These people can still live by the beliefs of their faith without comprimising their mental freedom. There are valid points in every religion, and people should live by some form of moral control. But surely it is possible to do that, while not being totally under the control of a particular faith that teaches stories that are thousands of years old, and more than likely have evolved over that time to be more in tune with that faith.

Now I understand some of you readers will be saying, “Oh you’re only saying that because of the ‘Da Vince Code’ and stuff like that”. Well, yes and no… That book and other have provided a focus, for an enlightenment that has been brewing for years. You see, my mother insisted that I go to Church and Sunday school… yet the only thing that Sunday School taught me, was that the stories that make up the bible are nothing but badly interpreted points of view from a particular person, who had a particular perspective… and all of these stories are tainted with a bias for a particular religion. I’m not saying they are lies… I’m not saying they are exaggerations… I’m saying that they were written by one person, on one side, of one point of view, and they were written to spread the word, the Good word… They are nothing but ancient sales brochures.

Am I anti-religion? Yes I am. Why? Because religion is designed as a form of control over the masses. Because religion relies on belief as opposed to fact. It’s an easy way out, “Why is is so? Because God made it, now pray to him.” The simplist explaination is that it’s a cop-out. However if you think more into the reasons why, you can see that it’s a means of control. Give the people something to occupy their time, give them an easy answer they understand, drum it into them constantly, provide reminders that everyone believe this, and that if you don’t then you aren’t normal… Logic rules out in the end, but religious people would rather you didn’t use logic.

If you are happier believing in some God, and don’t want to know how life works, then I will repect you for that, I may even discuss it with you, as long as you don’t actually think you can convert me. ;) I don’t doubt the stories in the bible, in fact some of them outline a great and moral way to lead your life… I just doubt religious interpretation of those stories.