Not in public

Not with your children

Not to influence society or culture

Don't ACTUALLY believe it

I know there's been some wrangling over religion here recently, but I'd like to posit the following simple idea: religion is not a lifestyle accessory.

I know that it is treated as such these days, perhaps by the religious most of all, but that does not make it the case. To be honest I've always been suspicious of a religion that promises you can do whatever you feel is right and demands no sacrifices on your part. Religion should influence one's life, and you should have an influence on the people around you. Otherwise, it's as pointless as the fedora tippers claim. Give me a devout religious person of most any faith and I will be able to find more common ground than I could with a Marxist who believes nothing.