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I believe that the best religion is a religion of doing the right thing. Getting all hot and bothered about church and dogma is not a thing that leads us in the right direction. In fact, if you look at certain groups, you will see that their Koran and mosque or Bible and church lead them into being some of the planet’s most immoral beings. They don’t do the right thing because they are too concerned with the wrong aspects of their religion.
I thought for a long time that Buddhism had the right answer to living right, but I see Buddhists who also spend too much money throwing up a big temple, an edifice in which to pray to Buddha and read holy texts. They do meditate, which is good; but they also spend too many resources on ritual and self-aggrandizement, just like the other religions. H.G. Wells, in his History of the World, told us that religion began with human sacrifice. Has that really changed? Acts of terrorism and war seem to be all about human sacrifice. It has gotten so bad that the young people are sacrificing their own lives to kill others. Young Muslims, young Christians, and others are dying daily in the streets of Iraq in a war between two religions. Wouldn’t it be so very much better if we all were citizens of the universe, and exercised our call to religion by living good lives of love, caring, compassion, responsibility, and so forth? We need to stop choosing up sides and all live as one people dedicated to peace, caring for each other, and being the responsible sort of human beings our maker intended.