[quote=Blogstar] All systems of social convention are bizarre , religion is just one of them…Religious societies are not more ego based than the “separation of church and state” USA, for instance. We just aren’t all that no matter how we try to frame things.
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Would have to agree with you there.

When I see these huge expensive stadiums that are built, torn down and rebuilt every few decades to draw tens of thousands of people to watch a group of men chase little white or brown balls around using a set of obscure and nonsensical rules, I think of how bizarre modern social rituals have become.

And the US certainly is as self righteous as any other nation, that is true.