Is Secular Liberation Possible??

[bennyboy]

I think it's impossible to be happy without feeling like you're part of a bigger picture, and that bigger picture mattering to you. For many people, being part of a religious group gives them that context. But there are very many things that are bigger than one person-- community, country, the environment, your family, humanity. It seems to me that religion is a poor context, because the smart people have all jumped ship, and the Bible-thumpers are all that's left. So I'd recommend choosing something else; and if you want spirituality, it can always be there in a more abstract, personal form.