Throughout my life i have been surrounded by religion in one form or another, as many many other people have. And while growing up one of my most enduring personality traits has been my inability to just accept something without first understanding. And as hard as some people have tried to make me believe in the bible and its"teachings", the more i grew convinced that something was very wrong with the whole picture. And as i learned more and more about history, science, psychology, and human behavior the more i became convinced that religion is just a very complex and old form of control and manipulation. Feeding off of our Deepest fears and our most treasured hopes. Religion is such a powerful opiate for the masses that it has consumed whole society's in its ignorant grip. More people have died in the name of religion than for any other reason. And i truly believe that mankind would be infinitely better off with out the notion of god, or the need for religion.