Contents
The Revolution Against Revelation
The Origin of the Idea
The concept of revelation was initially invented as a means to lead a revolution. It is one of the many strategies that humanity has devised to control the masses. Throughout history, human beings have sought to dominate one another—whether by force, financial power, political influence, or religious deception.
The Power of Revelation
Revelation allows any individual to claim divine authority without ever being able to prove it. As the saying goes: “Religion was born when the first hypocrite met the first fool.” This illustrates that self-belief alone is often enough to persuade others. Followers and accomplices, whether knowingly or unknowingly, are drawn to this power, working together to achieve the ultimate goal of revelation.
Revelation and Revolution: A Useful Duality
This combination has repeatedly driven humanity forward whenever rulers have exploited their power to oppress their people. When an unmatched tyrant rises to power, revelation finds the perfect loophole to infiltrate, overturn the situation, and incite the people against their ruler.
The Strategy of Mobilization
Against a merciless empire, the only way to overthrow it is through the intervention of an external force—a divine revelation—that can stir the people into action. Those who have nothing have nothing to lose. Religions have always targeted the poor and the most oppressed, using their suffering as fuel for revolution. In the name of God, many hold on to the hope of sacrifice for the sake of spreading a divine message, believing they will eventually enter a better and fairer paradise.
The Emergence of Religions
By creating God for and by mankind, humanity has successively given birth to different religions, one after another, as if by coincidence, within the same human lineage and tradition. Religion, as a purely human invention, derives its essence from two main frameworks:
- Natural religions, which attempt to answer metaphysical questions.
- Artificial religions, which are fabricated to provide answers to existential dilemmas and to govern minds.
Political Goals and Risks
These religions are shaped according to a single model, passed down from father to son within Abraham’s lineage, with a primary goal that is purely political: to rule the world by eliminating all opposing forces, whether collective or individual. In the absence of prophets, rabbis, priests, and imams take on the role of guardians of the temple, ensuring that religion serves their political, economic, or military interests.
The Exception of Sufism
Finally, I exclude the Sufi movement from the three Abrahamic religions, as it aligns more closely with natural religions, thanks to its abandonment of political ambitions—a dimension that is otherwise deeply entrenched in the destructive nature of monotheism.
