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>Religion is just a tool to control the weak
Yeah, it sure seems that way, doesn't it? Many people in general don't really think much for themselves and just default to whatever flavor of propaganda or authority figure they've fallen victim to. And religious people aren't any different. Entire nations of people base their entire view of reality on what some old man in a robe tells them to believe, even when it's heartless and cruel. Countless human lives have been destroyed or ended because of things people were told to believe that they never questioned. This is the kind of weakness you're talking about and it's scary that so many people operate like that. What's even scarier than that? All humans have this weakness. We're all just scared, fragile creatures blindly stumbling through an incomprehensible existence with no clue what we're doing here or what comes after, desperately trying to keep our psyches intact and plug the holes in our brains to make the good juices flow so we can feel okay for a second. The only difference between sane and insane is one bad day. And everyone needs something to make it all make sense and keep them afloat so their psyches don't implode and the next bad day doesn't turn out to be the one that unravels them. It's easy to recognize and sneer at this weakness in others. It's scary to recognize it in ourselves. It's humbling to admit we need a light to help us get through the drudgery. And it's profoundly hopeful and soothing to find a light that beats and breathes and sings in all of our souls and every facet of our reality simultaneously.