[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Blogstar]Probably a certain vanity or egotism , not humility at all , in being haughty about the believers. If the believers seem consistently more fucked up than the rest of us then maybe I could see laughing in their faces, but it just isn’t that way.

To me it’s about how we chose to be governed. We all have to chose sources to fulfill our need for governance. Religion is above all a form or forms of governance of societies and individuals. Look at the right wingers , most religiously fanatic and anti-government, with the strong attachment to governance by religion it makes sense. Their need for governance is filled by churches and bible verses so they have psychic space to be more hostile to the government…Jesus is their president. They say stuff like that

Others of us chose to be governed more by the actual standing government, social convention, our friends and families in some hodge podge way and don’t see a need for church/religion. But, I think it’s fair to say that these types of governances are as flawed or nearly as flawed as most of those that have a large dose of religion..so get off the high horse.[/quote]

that makes sense. I think I shaLol adopt it as my belief system.[/quote]

I know you tried to sneak a shalom in there. A lot of us are vestigially governed by religion. it’s like the tail we still have whether we like it or not….only potentially more troublesome. The most vocally anti-religious are the most torn inside over the issue. Damn, I just made the sign of the cross over myself again!