Full disclosure: I’m no more religious than a cat.
Oh, I’ve read extensively on the topic. I’ve read several versions of the Bible, I’ve read the Quran, I’ve read Sir James George Frazer’s “The Golden Bough,” which remains one of the best tomes on comparative religion I’ve ever found. I have friends and family members who are religious – Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and even Shintos – and their faith brings great comfort and meaning to their lives. I understand and respect that – and am happy for them. My not having any religion of my own in no way minimizes my understanding of the great meaning religion has to so many people.
That’s in large part why I found some of the more notorious aspects of the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies to be deliberately hateful, hurtful, and motivated by spite – no one will ever convince me otherwise.
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