I have a lot of European friends and I used to date a Spanish girl so I have learned quite a bit about how religion is seen in at least Western Europe. It used to be something that I didn't understand as I come from a pretty conservative and stable background as far as that goes.
To my surprise many Europeans that I met were extremely negative towards religion. It was quite a shock to me at first since I knew that many of those countries were countries in which the main religion was Catholicism. Nevertheless, as I learned more about the history of especially Spain I came to understand more and more about why certain people feel like they do about religion and I have to be completely honest and say that I will never speak out against that again because I completely understand now.
Here is the important thing: I believe that if we knew God, we would be able to clearly distinguish between Him and religion, so that we can forget about religion and still follow God.
Well, I have a lot more to say, but on a slightly different topic (religion vs. science) so I am not going to continue with that here.
Please feel free to comment on this post,
Hermann
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