Gods and their religions were created so that people could feel as though death was meted out thoughtfully by a universal Daddy who prefers their group. Religious traditions are a peaceful framework around which to structure a life...when they are not compelling slaughter or indoctrination of the "other." The era of deep and nuanced understanding of religious thought is over and the trend now is to codify, interpret and dictate religious literature as though ascertaining an "original meaning" were possible and would lead to truth.
Religious faith is indefensible. Of course it is not scientifically false: it is built to be unfalsifiable. To borrow a phrase from Pauli, it is "not even wrong." It is utterly boring, like hearing about other people's dreams. There is no substance to discuss: only layers of interpretation piled onto a first person singular account of a mental occurrence. Snore.
Lose your religion: be less boring. If you figure out a way back to your god, I bet he will forgive you. Militant atheists are insufferable, but at least they found their way to square one.
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