"The Natural Philosopher"  wrote in message
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> Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as foolish,
> and by the rulers as useful.
>
> (Seneca the Younger, 65 AD)

That Seneca bloke knew what he was talking about. I regard religion (of any
flavour) as an unfortunate affliction that I am glad I don't suffer from,
and label it in my mind as "important only if true". On the other hand, I
accept that there *may* be something in it that I don't understand, so I
accept that some people are predisposed to "believe" and "have faith" and
feel the need to "worship". despite the absence of proof. They have a right
to feel the way they do, but they do not have the right to foist those
opinions on non-believers by knocking on people's front doors and trying to
"sell" they religion to me.

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