Re: Spirituality VS Religiosity

Such clarity Gemstar. Great summary.

When religion/philosophy becomes political, it becomes painful and worthless. When Taoism became the state philosophy/religion it became a ridiculous set of beliefs and practices. When Christianity was used by the Romans as a political tool, it started a murderous unenlightened rampage across the world.

Arguing that a person cannot have religion because it causes war, although tempting, would be wrong. But as soon as religion takes on political forms it will be dangerous again, is there a way to approach this issue?