The older I get, the less respect I feel for "religion". Much of that disrespect is in how it is being used and abused, from faux "religious" candidates to genuine nutjobs, from arrogant county clerks who abuse their own citizenry to fanatical warriors who destroy antiquities and murder innocents. The infection of the current campaign with "religious" rhetoric is sickening. How can religion maintain any respectability in this environment? Especially when rooted in such questionable soil (yes, that especially includes Christianity).
I've never understood how something that relies on dogma in order to justify its existence can survive at all. But I guess that's just me...
