Just thinking about what Jon and Rick were saying there seems to be The Good, The Bad and The Ugly when it comes to religion and if we throw the entire thing out with the bathwater, we can wind up missing out on the spiritual waters within our lives.
Although I am a believer that the spiritual pool comes from within, I have found some valuable insights from religious guidance.
In the end it will always still be up to an individual to discern what is truth for them. Truth is intimately different for each person.
Some people see spirits, others don't. We all have a unique expression of contacting the spiritual waters of our lives. When we start comparing our perspectives to each others to see what is Truth, that can sometimes leaves us with frustration because how do you compare two thumb prints?

Bonnie