You're right. I shouldn't have said "everybody's." I should have said "All too often, people are". Big difference. How I wish that I had that tomtuttle verbal precision!
And from your response, it sounds like that is not the case here. Fair enough. Good to know. But it does happen all too often, as evidenced by world events past and present, when one ideology tries to impose its views on another. So hopefully you can see my point of view and understand why my view of spirituality and the individual's pursuit of it is much better than my opinion of organized religion. Which is still better than my opinion a lot of other things, to be fair. Organized religion has done some great things over history. It's just that it's easy to see its flaws as well.
So at the risk of beating the horse to death, I'm not judging here. I may be self-confident, but I'm not the higher power! Really, there is no need for you to get so defensive. I'm afraid that you are inferring a lot into my statements. Adam was right that part of the problem in these kinds of discussions is that the parties involved cannot see the inflections and delivery of these posts. All too often the intent is misjudged.
Like I said in my PM, I have enjoyed becoming part of this community and enjoy discussions of all sorts. I echo your last paragraph.
