A human construct to meet human need by human effort. Our human need (that arises from being made in the image of God together with our fallen-ness) is expressed as religion - a device of manipulation to make God into an image of our own creation. Thus, religions are evil in that they disrupt our opportunity for relationship with God and give license to the worse aspects of our nature. Moreover, religion can be far worse than merely being the “opiate of the people”.
In fact, over the last hundred years unimaginable brutality and death came by way of non-theistic religions based in naturalistic philosophy led by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and Pol Pot.
"I don't see Jesus Christ as being in any part of a religion. Religion to me is almost like when God leaves - and people devise a set of rules to fill the space."
-Bono
In fact, over the last hundred years unimaginable brutality and death came by way of non-theistic religions based in naturalistic philosophy led by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and Pol Pot.
"I don't see Jesus Christ as being in any part of a religion. Religion to me is almost like when God leaves - and people devise a set of rules to fill the space."
-Bono
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