A whole lot of true believers are going to troop out tomorrow and vote for either Bush or Kerry. :-) Now, THAT's what I call blind faith! Politics is a much bigger and more ridiculous religion than that of any identifiable church in present-day North America, and it's based on false gods and extremely unrealistic hopes and expectations.

Then there's consumerism! Totally leaves organized religion in the dust these days. And yet...it promises happiness to its faithful adherents, but doesn't deliver.

You can measure the power of a religion by how many people believe in it, how many practice it, and how much money it has at its command. In this respect politics and consumerism and militarism are way ahead of "the church" and have far more people enslaved, so if you want to worry about religion, look beyond the end of your nose and someone else's hymn book at the much larger picture. Where you put your trust and your money....there is your real religion.