Question: What does your religion mean to you?
Answer: It means everything to me. It inspires me to benefit others, it gives me strength in times of doubt, it carries me through in times of trouble, it gives me the patience and fortitude to make great works of art, and it protects me from evil and hell. These things are what religion is for, and I encourage everyone to find these things in their religion.
Question: But, especially in some religions, these things can be so easily perverted into something which causes hate, intolerance, and violence. What should one do when religion leads them on this path?
Answer: Abandon it.
Question: Abandon it forever?
Answer: If something causes these negative things, it is not a true religion and is worthless. Sometimes the truth is buried deep in garbage. That doesn't mean the garbage should be taken as truth.
About Me
Nathan Foster is a filmmaker, musician, and philosopher living in Moscow, Idaho. He hopes his many projects rain down like the sun would if it were wet, has a pleasantly psychotic personality, and enjoys specific cola-flavored beverages.
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