4. They don’t want you to know God – because the day you know Him directly, you will realize they don’t. You see, religions live off people’s ignorance about God. That’s why it’s in their best interest to make Him as mysterious, unreachable and incomprehensible as possible.

5. They haven’t got a clue how to help you. Every religion has its own way of explaining suffering. Because people often turn to religion in time of pain in search of an answer and relief, religions have become very good at explaining why – but not so much at providing a solution and relief. To know that your suffering here will result in great joy in heaven will not help you a lot in the short term, will it?

You may be disillusioned by a religion that never brought you any results. You did what they told you. But you didn’t get out what you put in. Your perception and experience of religion make it the last place you’d go to find help for your suffering.

What you need to do is to have a relationship with God instead. You need to know Him as He is, not according to someone else. If you do what He says – not what people think He said – then, you will have a totally different experience with God.

Finally, here’s food for thought: Religion is the result of faith without intelligence.