I agree with you that reason is the only thing that will save us, and most of the spiritually-minded people I know are superb at reasoning, but we keep talking at cross purposes, you and I.

When you talk about "religion" and "religious people", as you see them, you are talking about a completely different set of people from what I'm talking about. When you talk about royalty, I say they WERE the top politicians of their day.

I would much rather sit down with you at a table, have a coffee, and discuss these things verbally, rather than all this fragmented cut and paste. Or talk on the phone. Anything other than this. It's too cumbersome.

One question: how old are you? You sound like me when I was in my 20's.