On Christianity

Religion to me fills in the cracks of the world that our knowledge and experience has yet to explain. Science has replaced it in that respect more generally and succeeds in answering the problem of "faith" by continually deferring the answer you are looking for. I don't believe in god, not at least as presented in organised religion which often has little to do with religion as described in the first sentence. But I do believe in religion as a common set of customs, practices and general beliefs that hold a society together - and I think that does have a practical purpose in day-to-day life. I was raised a Protestant and I think the values and beliefs that I learned in my youth continue to inform my life today, even if I don't actuvely participate in the faith. In fact the society we live in was founded on similar values.