I find it very hard to talk about religion at all because t…

I find it very hard to talk about religion at all because the term encompasses such different and arguably opposed things. The original meaning of the term is "union", if I'm not mistaken. Striving for union with God. Then there's religion as in a bunch of people with power trying to tell you how to live your life because they self-identify as the good and righteous. Sometimes it seems to me that organized religion has done more to turn people away from God than to bring them closer. One thing seems certain: nothing is immune from being corrupted by power.