I'll just point out that although I don't believe in a "biblical," or "christian" God-- I do think that mere existence merits explanation beyond what science holds for me at this point, therefore I think that at a fundamental level there is a creative "energy/entity" that made possible the "plane of existence." I-- for instance-- think that the universe was made by a wholly natural, long, and painstakingly haphazard series of coincidences. I think that religion is something that we are predisposed to archetypal-ly (Jungian archetypal-ly...in it's actual definition... not the cluster-fuck definition where ancient gods are ACTUALLY doing things) on a genetic level, for the propagation of the species, and it's ultimate survival... I look at the emergence of most organized religion being within several thousand years of each other as a tell-tale sign of an evolutionary "quick-fix," or a "compatibility-patch" (obviously religion is inclusive in nature for those that are already in a religion), if you will. And, I even view religions as "macro-organisms" taking and devouring what they could as they expanded... but that faith in such idiosyncratic beliefs has been outpaced by the telescopic nature of our science, and technology, as well as cultural and social evolution in the last 100 years. It seems, to me that as science moves forward, so to does the pacing at which culture evolves, and ultimately the rate at which religion tries to "hold true" to it's pillars. I think that now, we as a species stand at an impasse, wherein we aspire for so much-- but to much concern there are many among us that poisonously cling to dogma. They praise the idols we carved of wood and stone millennia ago. I view this as the epicenter for most strife we see today; the turmoil; the hypocritical-bigotry; the circular arguments-from-ignorance... I think, that with the passing of time, and the advancement of culture and science, we should (hopefully) find…