Clearly disputes over religion have once again become a major factor, especially at the geopolitical level (Muslims vs. "infidels"), but a smaller scales as well (fundamentalist Christians vs. everyone else).
It seems to me that the key mistake made by all of these believers is this: they all believe that God is some kind of actually existing entity, something that exists apart from Nature. Following from this are the many arguments over the qualities and capabilities possessed by this entity, which of course can never be settled, since we don't have access to the object in question.
There are some belief systems that have a better idea, that God is not some wholly external entity, independent of Nature of of our consciousness. All that exists is Nature, and our goal should be to achieve harmony with it. Religion is basically an evolving relationship between Nature on the one hand, and ourselves (our consciousness and our behavior) on the other.
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