Gads, but people have weird ideas of what religion is about. Talk about emotional responses. Right now, this page is mostly just a place holder, but get it straight, religion has been an important factor in survival. If you ignore it or just trash it, you are going to fail to understand important things and you are certainly missing the purpose of religion. The main purpose of religion is about husbanding the moral strategy that is essential to human survival. The importance of that moral strategy is what gives religion its power which like any power attracts the the good and the corruptible. The original reason for the institution remains and can be most easily seen in its common followers more than its leadership. In any case, it is a powerful tool of survival. ... To be continued...