What if?

[imported_luckyme]

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Those that do bad things in the name of religon would still do so in the name of something else. Those that do good things in the name of religon would still do so in the name of something else.

[/ QUOTE ] Yes, it's all part of the realization that it's the man that chooses the religion not the religon that chooses the man. For a lot of people it's just the way they put some form and structure around their innate and nutured human tendencies. Choosing one that suits their personal idiosyncracies ( often by nuturing default) enough to identify with it, nothing changes in their underlying character. A person who is egocentric, bullying, narrow-minded, for example, will have those attributes manisfest themselves through a religious cloaking ( do I need to name names). A nuturing, caring, generous person will find that comes through their religious mantle.

Any major changes, good or bad, that may seem to occur after taking on a new religion ( typically the change had occured prior and inspired the search) is no different than what may occur from a near-death experience in a bar fight, or the birth of a child, or the loss of a friend, or moving to a new country and falling in love, or...