[Kimon]

Ah, religion and spirituality, good times.

I have the somewhat unpopular stance of being a big fan of religion. I'm not religious myself, but I find it immeasurably fascinating how every facet of our society has some loose moral base that relates to the Western religions. Go, imperialism!

But honestly, aside from being all imperial and corrupt and all that, I do think religion is an incredibly important institution. Maybe I'm a pessimist, but I don't trust in most people to determine their own moral values, and with nothing but empty words in the form of laws to tell people how to behave, there's no motivation to be a good person but to avoid punishment. Religion gives reason to be a good person.

Also, I find it somewhat unfair that a lot of the time Christianity gets all the blame for the acts of the retards who subscribe to that faith. Silly preists, butts are for pooping!

Yeah, Christians. I don't feel like I know enough about the other major religions to attack or defend the belief system and yadda-yadda, so I won't. And like I said, I'm not religious myself, but I get just as pissed every time I see a bunch of angry teen kids decrying religion as when I watch the people with the "Ask me why God hates you!" banners. Er, maybe not, but it's a close second.

Of course, given the fact that both of those people are real, their mutual existence becomes more understandable.

Oh and an edit: I also think it's silly that people think science can persuade a religious person out of his faith. Logic and Faith are equally immobile thought processes.