It's easy to accept some might be offended by "Losing My Religion" category. These articles could challenge beliefs. I am not "anti" anything but anti-bullshit. Religion falls under my microscope just as well as politics, institutions and inter-personal relationships.

If we institutional religious belief we'll simply inherit a godless religion. It's my personal belief that religion as practiced in today's world in simply an empty shell of human spirituality, which is a uniquly personal experience and should stay that way. 

This category is entitled as such because activities of people professing to be religious often act contrary to religion itself. Thus doing everything in their power to either turn people away from religion or assisting them in "Losing my (their) Religion."

If you are offended, my apologies. I'm not trying offend, but encouraging critical thought, reading and observation from the visitor. Those offended aren't doing the above.

I'm not making fun of religion, just the logic behind peoples rationalizations of religion. They can rationalize it one minute and ask you to suspend rationale over faith to believe in it the next.

Religion can be a very important part of someones life. Atheists, as well as Liberals are bent on criticizing religion as "stupid and deceived" among other things. I limit my criticism to the people who place money above the message.

All religions have an occasional element of hypocrisy within some of their leaders. This is the very issue that needs scrutiny. "Practice what you preach" is essential whether in politics or religion. If you are in a leadership position within a religious organization, you are held to a greater amount of responsibility and ethics. Your leadership should be an example within your community.

Many religious people are honest and devoted to their beliefs and the ethics and morality of their religion.

Atheist are ridiculed for their beliefs. I doubt an omnipotent and omnipresent creator needs a single being to believe in it to validate it's existence. Religious people consider it unthinkable that moral and ethical people can't be so if they do not believe in god.  I have more respect for an atheist who does not believe in a god leading a ethical life; They don't need a god to do so. Tolerance works both ways.

A god that requires worship and reins down destruction is not a god but a malevolent entity at best, or a fabricated one supporting a destructive xenophobic ideology of nationalism at worst.

Followers of any religion should be reminded we are leaders when we go home.

The "My god can whip your god's butt" crowd also does the "I'm more pious than you." Ridiculous! The constant battle cry "you're not worshipping hard enough" sounds like an alcoholic high school football coach who takes things a little to seriously and never was a good athlete anyway.

The "New Age" crowd also competes by "How long do you meditate, oh 30 minutes? I do an hour. Keep it up, someday you'll be as close to Nirvana as I am." Amazing how many Gurus drive Bentleys.

I don't blindly accept ANYTHING. I read and observe. I'm not going to follow religious dogma without thinking, feeling and reading with a critical eye.

Religion is a control structure, a meme. If you want to believe it, fine, but don't push it around.

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
--Matthew 7:15