Originally Posted by $5 submissions

It all boils down to THE EFFECT on your life. Doctrine aside.

People with broken lives, addictions, self-defeating attitudes were BORN AGAIN into a new HAPPIER, MORE SUCCESSFUL, and MORE IN CONTROL life because of religion.

Could they have tried other paths? Sure, but many have tried psychiatry, drugs, and other paths but Religion FREED them from the previous life patterns that made them unhappy.

Who gives you the moral authority to tell them they are wrong? It worked for them. Do you have a better alternative? What makes you think that what works for you should work for everyone else? Aren't you acting just like those religious hypocrites and intolerant religious clowns you purport to hate?

Me? It's all about LIVE AND LET LIVE. Tolerance is the key.