Legitimate religion...
I'm an agnostic. I reject the literal teachings of any church, but I'm also not completely convinced by the reductionism of the materialist perspective.
Religion or spirituality is the basis of humanity. You can't get around it. Even the most reductionist materialist uses at least some form of transcendent myth to explain things which are difficult or maybe impossible to understand in human terms. There is nothing to replace it. Even our scientists are turning into mystics.
This isn't bad. Mysticism/transcendentalism is the basis of the human experience. The only problem I have with religion is when it takes literalist interpretations of Bronze Age myth and tries to enforce it upon others.
In other words, fascism in a cassock.
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