Strange parallels in religion...

Originally Posted by Elspode

I think the most curious thing about the current state of religious affairs is that, even though we know historically that the current Predominant Religion is based on even older mythologies, it doesn't give Predominant Religion's ahderents enough perspective to stop violating their own religious dogma (i.e., thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife's ass, etc) in order to further that same dogma.

It is all about money and power, pure and simple. Nothing more. True spirituality is an inward experience. It has outward manifestations, sure, but the minute anyone practicing any sort of outward spirituality starts trying to tell *you* what you *must* or *must not* do, run screaming in the other direction...and keep your hand on your wallet.

Hear! Hear! Religion DOES NOT equal spirituality! George W. Bush is a Christian, but I don't think anyone would call him a spiritual man. Osami Bin Ladin is a Muslim, but he's hardly a spiritual person. Both men are certainly religous, however. The manifestations of religous belief shown by these two men and a multitude of other religous people of all creeds are what has turned me off completely to the idea of organized religion. I attempt to walk a spiritual path which is distinctly my own, and I'd never dream of imposing it of someone else.