Here we are 2012 and we see that Guilt and Fear are still being used to manipulate mankind.
Guilt and Fear are words of man, tricks of man. Why would God the Creator endow us all with magnificent possibilities and abilities and then tell us we are less than what we were created to be?
Then you see the religions that attach themselves to the state or are seduced by statism then mankind has to deal with a double whammy of uses of guilt and fear used to manipulate mankind. Sometimes to the extent of denying mankind even the basics of food, water and shelter.
Religion is a very personal decision that is right next to freedom of thought, speech and the choice of how we want to spend our lives, all inalienable rights of every person on earth given to us by the Creator of mankind.
Why do some people think they have a right to tell other people what to believe? Usually because they themselves have never taken the time to find out what they really believe and as a result spend much of their lives regurgitating what someone else told them.
What do you think we can do to get people to understand that religion is not a team sport and that we all in a civilized society need to respect every single persons choice of worship of the spiritual powers that are around each and every one of us.
How can we get the statists and some money, greed based churches to stop removing our rights to all of the things that God put here for us to enjoy in our time here on the planet.