At the Top of the World-A Cultural Experience on the Evils of Religion

The Evils of Religion

Men have for thousands of years used religion for selfish purposes, cults, sects, militant groups, all claim promises i.e. God's Divine purpose, eternal life, paradise, physical blessings, and the list goes on.  Christianity has taken a turn for evil thrusting humankind into the dark ages, attempting to control the entire known world politically, religiously, and especially financial.  The Catholic Church was a perversion of the gospel of the life of Jesus Christ and can even be considered a cult in most aspects.

One of the most blatent perversions of the Bible I have ever witnessed was the city of Potosi, Bolivia.  This city boasts the highest elevation of any city world. and was formerly the wealthiest city on earth.  The city dwllers exploited a silver mine.  A mountain on the edge of town was comprised almost entirely of silver.  Once this lofty town paved it's streets with silver due to the excessive quantities which were so readily available.

Austin and I spending time with a couple miners

When the Spanish Conquistadors came into this area of South America they noticed the mountain of silver.  They immediately began plotting ways of exploiting not only the vast riches contained within the mountain  but also local aboriginals into working long and tiring days in exchange for very poor wages.  They would exploit the mines silver as well as the labor of local tribes through a perversion of the Bible and the creation of untrue gods.

The Spanish created the "Dios" a typical satanic looking statue with horns and a tail.  They claimed that Mary and Jesus were the God's of heaven and earth, but the "Dios" ruled the underworld.  Any time they were working in the mines if they were lazy, slothful, or dishonest, the Dios would cause harm.  He killed many miners by cave-ins, falty explosions, and accidents.

Famous picture representing the false doctrine.

Locals cannot pronounce the letter 'D' and as a result the name of this god became "Tios".  To this day nearly the entire Potosi population worships the tios and is much too fearful to do otherwise.  Despite local evangelistic efforts no serious gains have been made to help free the local people of this perversion.  The Spanish had such an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ with such a receptive audience willing to believe and follow so whole-heartily.  Instead they exploited, plundered  and lied.  As a result an entire area has for the past hundreds of years worshiped an nonexistent god.  To this day the Catholic Mass is attended by nearly the entire regions population, yet immediately they return to the mines and offer sacrifices in attempt to appease the wrath of the "Tios".