Originally posted by AgentWood
i don't know...revillo opened up a real can of worms there. although i must say i'm a bit guilty myself of stoking some fires! 
Yeah, I agree that the Revillo thread caused the most uproar. I'm a bit embarrased at my own ferocious posts in that one. I think I was still a bit pissed off about Sept. 11 and the role that religion (rightly or wrongly) played in that.
Just to modify, I believe spirituality is important. It really is individual choice as to which church you attend or don't, but all religions have just as much postive as negative. My personnal faith, wayward as it is, is rooted in the Christian ideal of salvation for anyone, no matter how they screwed up, so long as they admit their mistake and are honestly apologetic. Fundamentalists in any faith are the real problem, but not everyone is a bigoted zealot. God IS a concept by which we measure out pain, but he (or she) is also a comfort. Anyway, all apologies to anyone I may have offended.