Is Religion The Opposite To Truth?

Without knowing it, is religion the antithesis of what it purports to be – the arbiter of truth? 
Thinking the unthinkable … 

A person may have realised the absolute truth, but the words that person uses could become altered to be used as means of compliance through mystery, when there is no mystery. Is the impossible possible?

Bringing up such a question is part of a wholesome enquiry into what is truth and what isn’t quite truth. We have to be broad-minded on this topic, as narrow minds don’t ask such questions.

We shouldn’t just accept or believe whatever we’re told because that leads to the blind leading the blind. We have to light up any dark corners of our mind – which, incidentally, shines a light on others’ blind spots.

In any group affairs, there are some questions that are never asked, or rather, cannot be asked out loud. Religiously minded people – those who are bound to any idea in any walk of life – easily become upset at an alternative view.

Is religion the antithesis of what it purports to be – the arbiter of truth? 
It’s all about ‘words’.

It is we who are the ultimate authority of whether what is said is the ultimate truth or not. We aren’t just humans who consent to belong. To repeat, the Buddha wasn’t Buddhist, and Jesus wasn’t Christian. Were Moses or Abraham Jewish? 🙂

The quality of our life and minds depends on complete accuracy,
rather than just belief.

We have to know the difference between cultural heritage, politics, philosophies, religion; they’re all just tags. Ultimate truth doesn’t belong to anyone, but to everyone.

Absolute realisation has nothing to do with words, language or culture.
But we may need a word or two to communicate this absolute truth – and here are two.
Not Two. 
😀

The infidels are not ‘out there’.
They are negative thoughts in our own mind.