(Below are snips from an argument about Neopaganism, Star Wars, and reality... with added comments that weren't appropriate in the original venue.) ( Read more...Collapse )

Religion is like that. We can live without it-- but religion, and writing, play and friendship and lovemaking are part of what can make life worth living, even when the purely physical parts don't work well. They are the "salt of the earth," to quote a famous religious text, without which life has no savor.