Quote Originally Posted by Ganj
Religion is not some grand scheme to coerce you into submission. And those who think that need to realize they are submitting to a more subtle evil without even knowing it.
AMEN, bro. I agree whole-heartedly with that.
The evil is in the eye of the beholder, so if they see evil in the religion, they are just seeing their own evil reflected, they are only seeing the evil that appears when reality passes through their evil-stained eyes.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When i say "religion" i mean rather spirituality, the belief in another realities beyond the material and physical realm, and not what is commonly called "religion", like Christianism, Buddhism, Islamism, and so.
I agree that many "religions" today are so corrupted that they are indeed schemes, for profit, submission or whatever. But it doesnt mean that all spirituality is for evil purposes, like domination, coercion, or whatever.