Religion and belief in God should be liberating experiences which promote the most satisfying of all possible mental and emotional states. They should free one from the bondage of insecurity and despair, and be premised on the idea that even when all does not work well with the world, there is still hope beyond the finite possibilities of the human mind.

When it turns out that religion is used to spread hate and violence, the suppression and extermination of others, or the extinguishment of their dreams, then it becomes the antithesis of beauty. It morphs into just another manifestation of evil masquerading as good.

We must all be wary that we do not succumb to wolves in disguise pushing ideologies that are the opposite of what our individual and collective conscience tells us is beneficial to the human race.

Otherwise instead of religion freeing us from despair and uncertainty, it’ll end up sending us all hurling into a bottomless pit of gloom and doom.