>>Forget the quotes around the word feel. It really ticks me off. You're basically saying that I'm not what I think I am. The only resemblance between faith and the principles I'm using to rely on is that I'm really not questioning them all the time. But I never had to do the leap of faith and to promise myself that I'll believe in them forever and never question them. My principles are on permanent probation, and whenever any of them may prove to do harm, it will be rethought. No dogma, nothing permanent. Panta rhei.
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>Why bother with this Dragan? You know deep down that only Doug is right. Don't foolishly resist. Let Doug show you the error of your ways. He's always right.

One of the bad things with religion, IMO, is that it quickly becomes a game of power, and generally causes harm to the society, eventually ending in wars.

I've found somewhere that about 15-20% of USA population is not religious, and I have some serious doubts about the other 80-85% being all completely religious. Many of them seem to be just visiting their church simply to meet their neighbors.

Still, the churches here seem to have too much power, there seems to be no problem when they ask for money, they have lots of on-air time, and an uninformed visitor may get an impression that this country is 100% religious, which it is not. So I sometimes feel the urge to have the voice of minority heard.

I know I can't persuade Doug into anything - just maybe into being a little cautious of what he's saying to the non-believers. Even in communist Yugoslavia there were cases when some newspapers were banned by the court because of publishing articles "that are insulting the religious feelings of the believers". Well, my POV is that the non-believers have feelings too, and now and then I care to defend them.