Im ordained in the church of the latter day dudes. Dudeist Priest hell yeah!
All joking aside, I like the idea of the bible itself. Its not for me but I like that if some people get solace from it or get guidance from it (or any religious text for that matter) then thats a good thing. If somebody recognises a holy book isnt stone cold fact but they like the ideas, themes, messages contained within, so they choose to live their lives by it, then thats fantastic. Its when people take them literally and become fanatical about it that it becomes a problem.
Theres a big argument that Religion is the root cause of almost every conflict. I dont think thats true. Religion is the excuse thats all. Humans have always fought each other and religion is simply the easy option to blame.
On a small scale I think its great. As an example, my grandmother (who is Italian and Roman Catholic) prays every night for every member of her family, alive or dead, and she says each name in her prayers. It takes her almost half an hour to do it every night and to me that is crazy. But for her it makes her happy and gives her a little bit of comfort. On that level its quite sweet and its what religion should do for people, not make them fanatical morons that wont hear it any other way.
As someone who isnt religious at all, I certainly dont hate religion, I just hate the idiots that use it as an excuse for their hatred of others. Unfortunately thats never going to change, its been like that for thousands of years so it aint gonna stop now.
