Religions are efforts to brand "God." I prefer the generic, which is more easily found, works better, and has less packaging and hype.
Paradox is an idea making fun of itself.
The three glues that hold humankind together are the courage of women, the compassion of men and the laughter of children.
Faith does not come from religion, but is a result of feeling cared-for. There is nothing esoteric or mystical about a hug or a hand gently held or a cheek tenderly stroked. All animals feel this in much the same way. And the other species with which we share this planet have no gods or churches. Like us, they have others of their kind and all of the other experiences in nature that bring our bodies relief, respite or rest.
The human race will quickly learn to live sustainably once its greatest minds are no longer awestruck by egotistical ideologies and theologies that divide humanity, and no longer find themselves wasting valuable human and natural resources in the development, design, production, marketing and sales of worthles products.
"So you call yourself religious? Please don't do that if you're stuck in only one of the many traditions that manifest divine love. When you've found connection and inspiration from many religions, then you probably know more about divine love, and less about prejudice, ego and fear."
Many find it strange for a person to spend their life studying human happiness and intimacy. I find it strange for anyone not to.
"The price of temporarily suspending our disbelief while reading novels and viewing films is small. The price of suspending our disbelief (turning off our critical thinking) in matters of politics, economics, technology and religion is immense.
Consumerism turns us all into junk-ies.
Academia was created by business, religion and government as an enclosure for intelligent, altruistic people to keep them occupied and feeling important, and distracted from exposing corruption and working for change. Fortunately, this strategy hasn't always succeeded.
