Religious Guilt

Do you sometimes feel that the God is angry at you/your buddies/your family/community/etc because of some perceived shortcomings?

In Liberia, the National Christian Ebola Task Force, a group of different Christian denominations, began three days of prayer and dawn-to-dusk fasting on Wednesday to seek salvation from the "curse" of the epidemic, which has killed 2,705 people and infected 4,665 more in the West African country.

"Ebola is a virus from the devil. It's killing us because we have turned our back to God," said Reverend David G. Benitoe of the Task Force. "We have traded the worship of God with the worship of demons and witchcraft, and evil stuff is now happening in this country."

The most common theme in organized religion (like Islam and Christianity) is that God created every living beings; including the devil and also viruses.

But according to this Reverend, the Devil as well as the God are both in the business of creating evil entities to punish human being (God creating the devil and in return the devil creating the Ebola virus).


Religious guilt is a very powerful weapon that the clerics use often to blackmail the folks.

The easiest way to avoid this ‘guilt syndrome’ is to first not even believe in such nonsense. You can never be responsible for what is beyond your knowledge or control.

And if Ebola is indeed caused by your irreligiosity then why the babies/toddlers who are mostly sinless are also being punished?

And if you are absolutely certain that you are indeed being punished for the sins of others then why do you think God is being very selective here? Punishing some sinful folks and leaving many other sinful folks to prosper.

Bottom line is no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.