While it’s obvious to most of us that religious fundamentalism and extremism is clearly harmful, many of us tend to overlook the fact that moderate religion will destroy your soul just as easily (be it a moderate form of the Muslim religion, a moderate form of the Christian religion, as well as basically any other moderate form of religion). When it comes right down to it, religion is spiritual slavery, and the danger of “moderate religion” is that its followers don’t even realize that their minds have been taken captive. What’s particularly sad is, not only do most of those ensnared by religion not realize their status as prisoners, they actually fear freedom so much that they would willingly put their chains right back on if they were set free. As the apostle Paul told the Galatians, it is for freedom that you have been set free, so don’t allow anyone to bewitch you back into bondage. No matter how comforting their religious chains might appear, they are ultimately still chains and they are not meant for those of us who have been set free.
And for those of you who are still trapped by religion, the good news is that not only have the chains all already been unlocked, you can walk away from them at any time. Yes, you might be persecuted by your ex-fellow inmates as an infidel or heretic for daring to embrace true freedom, but freedom is a far better thing than slavery any day.