Reply #108: I believe the debate, on this thread, is important...

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and would be useful if it were more meaningful in scope.

The myth and methods of religion are only tools to use in the process of cultivating a deeper understanding of self and place.

Atheists and Believers are both on the same track, if not the same path. Where the track leads cannot be rationally determined, but can be reasonably discussed.

Many methods are used to develop a deeper understanding of the sacred and the spiritual. Who would disrespect an honest effort to relink to the source (which is the root definition of religion)?

Yet who, also, would not stand up to expose the charlatans and exploiters of something as dear to some as religion?

If the discourse is above-board and mature, it has a chance. When the discussion devolves, into disrepectful opinion, it descends into meaningless chaos and noise.