What is Religion - God?

I want to talk to you a little bit about religion andthey should believe in nothing. The fact is that
spirituality. I would like to point out that those arethere is a Non-Physical being which is you and
two completely different things. I am one of thethere is a Universal Power which is far beyond
most spiritual people there are, but I am not theyour physical body.
least bit religious. How does that work? VeryI know that is a lot to take in all at once but bare
simply in my mind but I know most people don'twith me. Religion is not all bad, there are many
think the way I do.messages in it which tell us how to think and act
Religion was created by man. Although manyand shows us vaguely what God is.
claim that these "men" who spoke to God told usI truly believe that most people have a huge
what God said it was still recorded by man. Theremisconception of what God, Heaven, and hell is
are only claims of people who talked to God andare. God is the Universal Power, The Higher Being,
nothing in religion can really be proven but I amwhatever you want to call it. God is not some
not going to go in that direction. The point ismythological character thousands of miles into the
religion was created by man and not a highersky calling of the shots of what goes down on
being. If you study history you can see how farearth. Many are lured into believing this false
back our major religions of today go back andimage of God. To help you better understand
you can see how corrupted our religions reallythink of it like there is not "A" God there is God.
were. Religion was set in place to govern people.God is not separate from you God is within you
That is the most basic way I can explain it. Theand within everyone. Heaven was never meant to
people were not smart enough to governbe a place of the afterlife it was meant to be a
themselves and needed intense metaphors toplace on earth. The same thing applies to Hell it is
teach them values and what is right or wrong.just a metaphor for a place on earth. Think about
Religion has been corrupted so many times overit...don't you know people who are basically living in
by evil kings who used the power of religion toHeaven and also people who are living in hell?
scare and control people. The original 10When you are in pure positive alignment with the
Commandments were really over 200 pages longUniverse,aka God, aka Source Energy whatever
but some king decided that it would be too hardyou want to call it you are essentially in Heaven.
for the people to learn that manyThe same goes for when you're in pure
commandments so he narrowed them down tonegativity and are feeling pure negative emotion
ten so they would be easily remembered.you are essentially in Hell. Now the word "pure"
Do you see just one out of millions of exampleshas a very powerful meaning and means there
where religion has been toyed with overare no contradictory thoughts whatsoever to
thousands of years. It is like one huge game ofwhat you are thinking. So you see heaven and hell
telephone and has been corrupted many timesreally aren't as serious and many think. They are
over. So religion is all screwed up now what? Wejust guidelines to show us how to live and how to
should all just turn atheist and believe in nothingthink. Your thoughts are very important and your
right? WRONG! This is where most people screwemotions let you know what you have been
up. They see all these problems with religion andthinking.
notice the holes and corruption and they think