The decline in the influence of religion has been due, in the main, not to religion itself, but to the very shallowness of many practitioners. People who are indoctrinated and mistake implanted obsession for faith, are themselves destroyers of the very thing which they imagine themselves called upon to try to protect. In fact, of course, they have no such call: and their capacity to protect something which is other than their imaginings makes for a comical situation. Idries Shah
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It’s not religion per se that is the problem, but rather the way in which some people use their religion. Religion can be used to justify all kinds of things, and when it is used to justify something like racism this is where we see the problem. The irony is that if they ever stop using religion like a crutch, they might actually become more spiritual and spiritual practices such as yoga and meditation might actually lead them out of their numbness and into a more meaningful life.

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