Welcome to The Reconstruction of Disbelief. Here you may find a few harsh words regarding religion. Moreover, if you return to read day after day, you will discover that the author is methodically constructing a case against it. Of course, the project will take some time, but its development should provide the reader both entertaining moments and, hopefully, flashes of insight.

Religion is like a massive castle in which a population, out of ignorance and fear, submits iteslf to the will of a king whose divine authority has been unblinkingly accepted for ages. With this blog, I hope to create something akin to a seige weapon capable of breaching the walls of the religious castle, revealing to all that the world outside is theirs if only they'll abandon their faith. A world without a king or walls is to be embraced, not feared. True freedom awaits those with the courage to walk away from the confines of religious belief-that man-made monolith which crumbles to dust when exposed to the light of reason. Real happiness is something we deserve, and it is something we can find if only we unburden ourselves of religious belief-a belief which was simply dropped in our laps at birth, or heaved upon our shoulders by friends with contagious emotional viruses.

There is more than religion holding us back from our momentary, daily, and life-long quests for truth, joy, and contentment. The biggest obstacle remains ourselves: our nature and our particular psychoses-by which I mean one's general demeanor, inhibitions, insecurities, fears, anger, depression, etc. Next to living a life in accordance with some dogma, replete with the suppressed imagination and oppressed body that comes with the package, these psychological barriers to life and living are far more formidable challenges. Which gives one greater reason to confront the smaller annoyances early in life, to dispense with silly notions like heaven and hell, confession and communion, so that one may be free and more able to work on the complicated challenges standing before-and within-himself.

Religion has enslaved the hearts, minds, and bodies of this magnificent creature for too long. Human beings are privileged animals, with mental capacities like mirror balls. We can see the future; thus, we can shape our future. Thanks to large memory stores, we usually know that if we do this, then that will happen. And if that happens, then its likely that this other thing will happen. And if this other thing happens, then we'll feel wonderful. Yes, experiencing joy, pleasure, and contentment is that simple. We use our brains, and at times we allow ourselves to follow our hearts. But religion retards this beautiful process by filling our heads with the immaterial. It sickens our hearts by filling it with fear and guilt. And these effects are not just generic and passing-they are so specific and timeless as to warrant comparison to a great crime against humanity; a type of genocide of physical beings, happiness, and human progress. Soon, I'll list the terrible crimes of religion in more exact detail when I've got the time necessary to do so.

Before I call it a night, I'll provide a quote from "An Essay on Morals" that doesn't necessarily follow from that above, yet which fits in perfectly with this blog.

"This is a Christian Nation, where Sabbath is a holiday, and the property of churches is not assessed, untaxed donations to God (up to ten percent of income) are permitted by the revenue collector, money bears the name of the Lord, the witness to crime is sworn on the Bible, most violations of the Ten Commandments are punishable by law, and statesmen say grace. Yet there are enough different kinds of Christian churches here to convince any Buddhist or any worshiper of Baal or any Martian that Christians themselves have no idea what Christianity means or what it intends that they should do."