It appears to me religion works against everything it proposes to solve. How can one feel worthy, when one is constantly fighting his/her internal drives to be accepted by God, or should I say the religious establishment. Self-esteem is impossible through religion. If God is all loving and all forgiving why does religion try to convince you that if you not follow it you will live a miserable life here on earth and then die all for being different? To me religion seems like the devil. It is anti-life. It is constantly fighting good proclaiming it to be evil. Also I can't see one reaching enlightment meant through traditional religion, but it is so strong. Raised a catholic, and converted to a christian, to now deciding what I choose to believe, I still feel guilty at times for thinking outside the box as if I will be punished or lose something.
