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A Statement About Our Anti-religion Stance
We offer funny, anti-religion quote t-shirts, apparel and bumper stickers for a reason. Our anti-religion sayings have been selling on merchandise for years and were designed to make a pointed statement to those who are leading others astray by use of religious fear. Having formally suffered from religious condemnation, we left the church we attend and underwent persecution from its members. This, unfortunately, made us intolerant toward religious beliefs - antireligion in nature for the longest time. Today, we believe that religion does have its place as long as it does not condemn, exclude or frighten. Bad religion, to us, is the manmade attempt by man to come near to God; sometimes, it is also misused as a way to control others through fearful teachings or for personal gain (some religious leaders use fear to "save" people, build a building, program, size of the congregation, etc.). Unfortunately, false teachings make a person look outside of himself/herself for life's answers. We feel those answers lie within each of us and that no one will be lost or excluded.
We believe the answers for each individual can only be found within a person, thus this is why even the man Jesus was anti-religion. Yes, many people miss the fact that he attacked the leaders of his day, not the common people; he was truly a model of anti-religion leadership. He was said to have proclaimed, "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you."
How can religion be bad? We are still anti-religion in cases where religion seeks to gain converts and control their minds through fear. Religion that believes its doctrines are "saving" people from an eternal hell are actually causing many to have emotional trauma. Thus, to be anti-religion is to stand against those who bring harm against others, while at the same time it can be used as a tool to point people to become spiritual - to look within their own hearts for truth. To us, anti-religion should not be the promotion of hate but loving benevolance toward all.