Here is my two cents on the whole Faith & Religion aspect. Maybe it is common knowledge where you guys are at but try getting a Catholic to agree with the following ideals:
- Faith in a higher power does not require you to association with a religious group.
- Religion is based on the ideals of man and the material items of this reality.
- Every Religion (even the first ones) where made to control and aspire the followers to form their lives around a material or ideal purpose.
- The Bible is no exception to the above rule; it is material and may have been a purer form originally, but after a few hundred years of political turmoil in the Dark Ages and the book of good stories takes on a life of its own.
- (IMO) Thus, "Bible Thumpers" are people that rather quote a story and claim that is the way we must live our lives.
- Faith can be as little as have an idea of a higher power.[/list:u]This is all I can think of right now. I apologize if it seems incoherent and/or kinda short.