Faced with an atheist’s compelling objections to religious guilt, I find myself re-evaluating my perspective on atheism. How sixteen centuries of Christendom transformed the early Church’s living communion into a rigid, moralizing system of institutional control. Modern society’s rejection of the divine is not a lack of interest in God, but a healthy reaction against the caricature the church has made of Him. A lucid call to rediscover Christ’s original, liberating message—beyond religion.