Much has been said from many different outlets about a mental and spiritual paradigm shift that is occurring in humans. We have all, by now, learned about December 21, 2012 being called the time in which this shift in human consciousness reaches a pinnacle of intensity. This change in one’s view of the world deconstructs even the things we hold dearly, or have thought was dear to us. I will speak of the first huge deconstruction in my worldview; that is, how I perceive God and religion.

I, like many people, once believed that a singular, almighty, all-loving God created the Earth and our entire universe. This same “all-loving” God allowed sin to enter the world and also has, for millennia, watched man struggle in misery, waiting to one day wash man of sin and fix his problems with his almighty power. Though, all who did not serve this one God or who lacked faith in his “righteousness” were to be mass slaughtered by his perfect Son on the last day. Then after killing about 99% of humans, just like God did in the supposed flood of Noah's, we would finally have peace. This is Heaven on Earth, note my sarcasm.

Today, I find this scenario completely ridiculous, but I see more than that in this formulaic belief system. Not only does it strip man of his own divinity and power to solve his own problems, it also is the perfect psychological lock and chain formula to control “herds” of people. It starts with the accusation that people are inherently evil, never measuring up to the extreme code of perfection demanded by a perfect God. Even worse, most religious teaching states that, we as mere humans, could never come to understand God’s all-wise ways of doing things. This teaching may be fine, if kept in its philosophical context, but unfortunately, more often than not, church leaders capitalize on this notion. They claim that God has chosen them only to understand his revelations, and that the people should respect them much as they do God himself. They forbid questioning of their narrow-minded dogmas. Those who do question their “authority” usually suffer extreme social and familial difficulties. In the past, people actually were thrown in prison, excommunicated from society, or executed for their differences in opinion. My ex-religion, the Jehovah's Witnesses, enforce to this day a practice called disallows, or the complete shunning of an individual, even from close family members, for a difference in belief.

All of these factors lead me to conclude that society has too many holy cows that need to get their fat asses out of the way of healing our world. We need to stop allowing them to sit on those with fresh ideas and ways of looking at things unencumbered by dogmas and fears that have more than had their day. I perceive that it is the duty of us, who have broken out of the cages of spiritual oppression by the religious, to help our brothers realize the pitiful state our world is in, and, that it is we humans that are the ones who are going to change things. We should point out to them where they are shirking their social responsibilities, just as we would point out to an alcoholic friend or relative why their habit is a problem; who they are hurting and explain the excruciating fate that they are drinking away toward.

We have been sleeping for long enough. It is time to wake up and think on our feet. Our worldview affects the world. There will never be a Golden Age, if we keep on waiting for their procrastinating “God” to bring one! In fact, we just might let the “Devil” win the war, if we do.