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Originally Posted by filtherton
I think that when it comes to dysfunctional human institutions like religion, the weak link is the human, not the ideology.
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But it's humans that create ideology, no? I don't think you can separate the two like that.
My experience with religion runs the gamut from child molesting church leaders to fascinating Ministers (a Canon in the Aglican Church actually) who is my person I point to when I need to come up with someone who is devout that impresses me.
I may not buy into his belief system but he doesn't hold it against me. More importantly he is always full of questions. Every time I see him he has a list of questions to ask me about (anything from the television business to world politics). The guy is always thinking and always reading.
I am not sure the point I am trying to make here other than, there is a vast variety of people who have bought into religion. Personally, I think they are fooling themselves but I realize that, for some anyway, they get something out of religion that they find missing in their daily life.
Who am I to fuck that up for them?