Because that’s what people do anyway. I should have been leery of any religious traditions started by genocidal maniacs. Being stuck with the God of the victors makes me wonder how many cooler Gods I missed out on. What DNA lines were snuffed out cuz “wrong God”?

Peace, love, and Joseph Smith. Religious playboy taking civilization for a ride. My, how obscene. And how deserving of Brigham Young, who brought his religion back to its genocidal roots. Canaan, Utah, what’s the difference if God told you to do it? The Brighamite empire and its legacy of revealed truth. Yeah, see where that got you. Nobody whose opinion is worth a damn asks you to take their word for it, because that’s not what truth is about. Nobody can reveal your truth for you.

It’s certainly a great mystery. God, no God, whatever gets you through the night, sure, but life also needs meaning. It has the meaning we give it, so it helps to have a why. For that, a reformed civilization-drowning God is okay cuz he promised he wouldn’t do it again. Yeah, but he did it. It’s not something I like to see on a resume.

in a way that's what the whole protestant movement is all about. Most everyone in America is somehow connected to a protestant church. What's great about that is that there is variety, there is a Christian Coalition and a Southern Baptist Convention that unites American Religiosity, but there is no one church that is all powerful and is too wealthy. That is the distinction of the US against the troubles of Mexico and most of Europe. Those nations are blinded by a really big bad cult with pervert priests in robes and gold that run the show.

The backwardness of Spain, Italy, and Mexico I blame on the Catholic Church.

That's koriwhore's approach

Most of South and Central America are what I refer to as wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Catholic Church. So is Ireland, although I think they're waking up.

The folks who founded the US of A were smart in trying to separate church from state. It's too bad that it's sliding backwards currently. I think a lot of the backsliding is because the folks who get off on telling people what they can and cannot do in their own bedrooms have gotten control of one of the major parties. It's time for the fiscal conservatives (and I don't mean the Tea Party) to try and get their party back before they become completely irrelevant.

I read a book a few years ago. I found the concept very interesting. A Religion Of One’s Own:A Guide To Create A Personal Spirituality In A Secular World By Thomas Moore.

Everything old is new again.

"God bless the child that's got his own."

Babyloncansuckit, why don't you write a hand book for those who just can't afford regular religion and DIY Religion is the best option? No one should be denied their time on their knees. There might be gold in them there hills.

Spiritual Home Depot!

...or just ditch religion.
Always an option, you know :)

...or, do what I did...become a Pastafarian.

It's fun, has no real requirements and besides, it sort of annoys my wife (BONUS!) I actually shouldn't say annoys, it just adds to the fact that even after being together forty years she still doesn't know what to do with my warped sense of humor sometimes.

Cheers, Mateys!