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Forty years ago I enrolled in a Catholic seminary to study for the preisthood - a marvelous cult of idealists who would transcend sexuuality and become magicians. I left the seminary, and the faith, because the deeper I delved, the more I knew it was time to be an adult.
Religion's "God" is institutionalized superstition, and the human adherence to religion stunts the growth of humanity, which overwhelmingly sits and waits for "God" to do something. We saw how the nation's prayers saved Katrina victims, and the whole diminishment of our nation is in part an example of compassionate conservatism practiced by an alcoholic who has been redeemed by a higher power.
My question is: how "high" is this power, and what's he/she/it smoking? Will it be available in heaven? The government grows the best stuff on Earth - imagine what The Great Sugar Daddy in the Sky Can Do unfettered? I'll take some Maui Wowie any day over a bunch of virgins, but recall I almost was a priest, so I have some sort of inner demon to exorcise.
It is possible to graduate from kindergarten and move on to first grade. Spirituality is a whole different thing - a serious, personal search for the truth - if it exists.
