>>41120207
Yes, I agree with you: religions are mental prisons. But I still think there's a grain of truth within them a tiny fraction, perhaps 5% at most, regardless of the religion. There are always some good teachings to be learned, but they're drowned in a mass of useless, even harmful ideas. We mix good with evil, but unfortunately, evil takes over.
And honestly, it would be too easy: you're born into a people who claim to have "the true religion," you receive a strict education from your family and society, you follow a few rituals and mechanical prayers... and you're promised paradise. I find this concept selfish and petty, because there's no real merit in this system. Meanwhile, other people spend their lives sincerely searching for the truth without ever falling into "the right religion," and we're led to believe that they're doomed? When in reality, they were much more honest and profound in their approach.
The believer, on the other hand, has simply blindly followed a text, and he thinks he'll be saved for that. No. The truth is much more complex than that.
I also find that Islam, like many other religions, is a very materialistic religion. It presents two worlds: the one we see with our eyes and the one we don't see. But paradoxically, it is forbidden to experience this invisible world. Why? Because if you had the opportunity to truly experience it, you would see that this religion is false. It's a way of locking down consciences, preventing inner exploration, and keeping believers locked away.
In fact, religions work as you wrote: they draw the curtains so that you only see what they want to show. Inside, the "truth being sold" seems comfortable, reassuring, and easy to accept. But it's an illusion. Religions are not doors to spiritual truth: they are cages. The truth, if it exists, is not something to bow down to, punish yourself for, or even less use as an excuse to harm others.
