Religion has done a fair bit of good on the planet.

It has given many people a fundamental sense of right and wrong.

But I think it has also done substantial harm to humanity.

Particularly, the two major religions, Christianity and Islam.

It is my view that prior to the advent of those two religions, humans had a better-rounded conception of existence. A more accurate conception of God.

These two religions designed God after their desire. Their desire? To conquer, convert, and control masses of humans under their respective dogmatic umbrellas..

To do this, they presented an image of God, backed by their scriptures, characterised by vengeance, parochialism, favouritism, pettiness, and bloodlust.

They did this for two reasons. First, to intimidate people into conversion to the faith, and secondly, to justify the atrocities contained in their scriptures, which acquired legitimacy owing to their proclaimed origination from the Godhead.

Thus, we stand the risk of eroding severely our capacity to acquire LIFE knowledge in limiting authenticities to the contents of religious scripture.