I have never had serious thoughts about religion till now.
I am a little confused if I should ever take it seriously - i like the serenity religious institutions provide - the artwork - the quiet comfort - but dislike the brainwashing and scams.
Would love to know how the community got started with this.
Raised with little religious zeal in a liberal catholic church. It was just a sort of background thing I ignored most of my life.
At 25 I was at the height of studying comparative religion and evolutionary biology. I saw it all as an integral part of how we have operated as a species, and then I pivoted out of academia and dug clams for half a decade.
I like the good religion can do. But it's like the state: bridges are neat, but the police patrolling it can really ruin it for everyone.