Religion was once necessary. Now its just divisive. Once it helped explain natural phenomenon, created laws, gave us a sense of community and, probably most importantly, connected man to the universe in a spiritual way.
We don't need clergymen to write our laws anymore. We have governments to regulate civility and scientists to explain natural phenomenons.
But what modern man seriously lacks and for the most part only finds in organized religions is spirituality. Maybe why there's a resurgence of fundamentalism and zealots these days.
Meaning. People need to think it all means something...
In a world that might lack real meaning, Camus' version of Absurdism always appealed to me .
Other than that, if ever asked my 'faith' I aways answer, 'I'm a God-fearing atheist "
Clearly, it's healthy to be able to experience spirituality. Obviously there are tons of ways to connect to nature....though I hear camping is sketchy.....me, I play guitar.
Lastly, some religions are ok I think, peaceful enough and pretty harmless like Taoism, Jainism, Buddhism...
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