my view
Religion is very important. It taps into archetypes. It contains incredible wisdom.
The misconceptions: religion is a way to control minds? no, it surely has been manipulated through history in order to
pursue agendas.
religion means this\that god\s? no, it means, for me, a natural faculty and a supernatural one at the
same time ( I am a full blown psychopath here )
For sure, the religious books contain incredible wisdom. Especially the most ancient ones\ the most primal chapters.
Without bowing down to its primal teachings, catastrophe awaits.
Our ancestors developed it for a reason, we ARE our ancestors.
Reason and faith aren't natural enemies AT ALL.
I have already made threads about this around. I will continue to make them. I have other powerful documents ( videos ) on the subject, will post them around in due time. They are in italian, sadly.
Actual situation about religion : through first hand experience I can tell you that the present is superdark, I encountered good priests and monks, good wise people for the most part. There are, sadly, terrible ones. But the tragedy is that, anyway, they have no authority. They can help people through wise words and support, but that's it. Who really have power, the high status ones, are for the most part corrupted. Terrible suspicions are above the Vatican. Terrible, undisputable facts happened and continue to happen. The Pope has cleary not the power we may think he has. Never forget he is elected by the cardinals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never forget also the terrible atrocities committed by religious authorities. History is full of them.
Ergo, the problem is not religion itself but its authorities. There have been good ones, sometimes.
About "extremism", it's total falsity. What media propinates as extremism is just the glorious religious sentiment that rises to contrast abominion. In dire times, dire measures. Even.
(@ItheIthe, just to let you notice I posted as promised )