Quote Originally Posted by The Green Reaper
I think most worship out of conformity. Whatever community you were born into you will likely conform to the native religion. If you dont you can be isolated or in some cases even stoned ect. Fear is definetly a common tactic in religion. I hypothesize based on my dealings with many religious people that many dont really buy it but they conform because its much easier than chalenging their families and the majority.
Yeah. You're put in the limelight if you refuse to conform, and quite frankly a lot of people cannot handle that kind of scrutiny or social "exile", which just adds to the hypocrisy of religion. I don't care what religion you believe in, you do not push people away because they do not agree with you.