"Salvation"?

Perhaps in this blog we can get to the heart of what religion really is. understand when these people bring up the topic of "salvation" what they are truly implying.

You are guilty of being human, and I am the one that can save you.

Religion is the man that breaks into your house, and then tries to sell you a security system the next day. They create an artificial demand and then make their sell based on how vulnerable you feel.

You are guilty of being alive, you are guilty of being alive, you are guilty of being alive... and I can save you!

Saved from what? By what standard was I guilty to begin with?

Of course all this is founded on "god". The magic man in the sky who established these rules and you must obey them weather or not they have any relevance to your nature (often they are in direct opposition to your nature. Consider the Mormon scripture "the natural man is an enemy to god.."). If we replace the word "god" with anything else this idea would be ridicules. "Esmerelda the purple penguin says that everything I say is right, and you have to obey me.''

Though it is not the point of this blog, the vital question to ask is why do we take god more seriously then our friend Esmerelda? Any honest person will realize the only real difference is cultural influence.

However I suppose the point that I would like to make is that, when you consider religion you are putting your self worth as a human being up to debate. You are saying "maybe I am guilty of being alive, and I need a personal god to complete my short comings." or maybe this idea that you are guilty of being born is an evil notion that has the same roots as racism, sexism, and other just things that are based on placing value on how you were born.

These people honestly claim that you are born a flawed, low, and broken. Just as racists and sexists have claimed for years. Yet when religion does this and claim we "need to be saved" we don't get nearly as offended.

Honestly ask you self why that might be.