Why I Fight Back Against Religion
Religion doesn’t like to be questioned. It thrives in protected spaces where doubt is discouraged, skepticism is shamed, and blind faith is rewarded. Anytime someone pushes back—anytime religion is debunked, exposed, or criticized—the defenders of faith don’t argue the facts.
Instead, they play the victim.
“Why would you take something that makes people happy?”
“Why does it bother you what other people believe?”
“Just let people have their faith!”
This is cowardice disguised as kindness. And I hate this whiny, manipulative defense mechanism more than almost anything.
The Myth That Religion Is Just “Comfort”
People who say “Why fight religion if it makes people happy?” are pretending religion is just some harmless self-help program.
It’s not.
Religion teaches people falsehoods about reality.
Religion shapes laws, oppresses minorities, and dictates morality based on ancient tribal superstitions.
Religion indoctrinates children before they have the ability to think critically.
This isn’t just about individual happiness. It’s about power. And when religion has power, it always uses it to control, harm, and manipulate.
Religion is not just personal comfort—it’s a tool of mass indoctrination that has consequences.
I Was Intellectually Abused by Religion
I don’t fight religion because I “just don’t like it.”
I fight it because I was its victim.
I was raised in biblical indoctrination.
I was taught not to question.
I was conditioned to fear doubt as an attack from the devil.
I was fed lies about science, history, and human nature.
That is abuse. Mental, intellectual, and psychological abuse.
When people say, “Why take away something that makes people happy?”
I ask them:
What about the people it’s hurting?
What about the guilt, the fear, the shame?
What about the people who feel trapped because they were never given a choice?
Religion doesn’t just make people happy. It traumatizes just as often as it comforts.
And the moment someone starts deconstructing, questioning, or leaving—religion turns on them.
If something collapses the moment it’s questioned, it was never real to begin with.
I Fight to Help “Past Me”
There is a past version of me that was drowning in indoctrination.
He was smart but trapped. He sensed something was wrong but was afraid to say it.
I fight for that version of me.
I fight for everyone like me—who was raised in faith but never given real choices.
I fight to say the words that I needed to hear when I was trapped.
I fight back against religion because I know what it does to people.
I Fight Because Religion Fights First
This isn’t a war atheists or deconstructionists started.
Religion has been waging war on reality for centuries.
It infiltrates politics.
It manipulates families.
It rewrites history.
It shames people for who they are.
It demands obedience under the threat of eternal damnation.
Religion attacks first. I’m just fighting back.
If religious people were content to practice their faith quietly—without forcing it into law, without controlling schools, without dictating morality—maybe there would be nothing to fight.
But they won’t stop.
So I won’t stop either.
I fight back against religion because it is always trying to win.
Why This Matters
This isn’t just about debunking religion for fun.
This is about:
Protecting people from indoctrination.
Helping others escape religious trauma.
Fighting misinformation.
Keeping religion out of laws, schools, and governments.
Making sure the next generation isn’t forced into the same intellectual abuse I suffered.
So, when someone says, “Why do you care? Why fight it?”
I say: Because it’s worth fighting.
