Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I guess the only thing represented by Religion is the negative stuff. You can go to Bible school and they can tell you are full of wonder, intelligent, beautiful, courageous, strong, and (to paraphrase) full of potential to do good. In a way it is like a drill sergeant, it breaks you down and then builds you up. It makes you Gung ho to go out and fight the evils in the world. Not through war, but through righting the wrongs in the world. Like feeding the hungry. Forgiving and forgetting.