The "Essence" of Religion

A Step Further . . .

Stellar. Here we go.

One of the very few things
that practically everyone agrees on in this area
is this:

There is a lot of phony, nonsensical, totally stupid, utterly moronic business that goes on under the guise of "religion."  A lot.

The evidence for this is all around . . . from the insane terrorists who blow people to do "God's" will, to Waco, Jim Jones, and "Heaven's Gate" to the nutcase televangelists on cable t.v. . . . and on and on. That "there's a lot of phoniness in the area of religion and spirituality" . . . is, to most folks, painfully obvious.

To get a little deeper, though . . . it seems to follow that if there are so many phony religions, then there must be a real one. It make sense that there can't really be a false imitation of something unless there's something real for it to imitate.

"Fool's gold exists
because there is real gold."
- Rumi

So then . . . if there is such a thing as "real" religion . . . what is it?

(I know - it's yours.)
(just kidding : )  )

This is our mission: There is phony religion and spirituality . . . and there is real religion and spirituality . . . and we must - all of us - find a way to distinguish the "real" kind from the "phony."

So now, the question is . . . how ?

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