[KraziHare]

I think it comes down to a conflict between personal discovery (religion) and institutionalized faith (organized religion).

If most Christians went out of their way to be like Jesus Christ for example (whether or not Jesus actually existed) I'd actually consider being Christian, if not through faith then through practice. But sadly the world isn't like that and as TooSicks said religion becomes perverted through time, a kind of theological entropy occurs when people who could never understand the value of coming to your own conclusions try to force their own shortcomings on others as they can't imagine life being anything but what any particular holy book says. Even worse is when people directly and purposefully use others' blind faith for their own means.

I've heard some say that one of the pillars of civilization is Christianity. But I don't see how that could be true as such organized faiths don't allow for things like progress for the sake of progress or questioning of authorities, without which we would be no where.

Good post TooSicks