Dear Richard: Having seen you stray down the road of Nationalism, let me offer this to thy statement of the danger of Religion...
"At times, orthodox and free thinking folks come to the same conclusions (though free thinkers can't really be said to come to conclusions more than pauses on the road.) Both would reflect that even a broken clock is right twice a day. However, the free thinker would acknowledge both clocks are likely wrong most of the... time." - Lorcan Otway from "The pride of always being right."