The Sage of Main Street
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Religion Itself Is the Spawn of SatanGod promised Noah not to completely destroy this sinful world, though He no longer actively maintains it. It's not God's job to build a perfect sinful world for the sinners. Instead, God's sole job here is to save His sheep, while His sheep are told that they don't belong here as it's still a detestable realm to God, though God promised Noah to bear with it till the Final Judgment comes. That's why Satan is referred to as the god of this world, because in a realm lacking God's active maintenance, such as a hell, the most evil and the most powerful will finally rule. Satan happens to be the one.
Just as Communism is wrong in its founding principles, and not wrong only because of what Stalin did to it, the same basic condemnation can be applied to religion. It is not something that was perverted by evil men in charge of it, but it is a false ideal and ideal to create absolute power over people. It takes advantage of fear, slavishness, and the Death Wish.