One more thing

Nope, not by The Bizzle, but it is by Mr. Meaulnes. Deal with it! I seriously couldn't have said it better myself. And you know, if you keep checking up here, I might actually post pics of my art. I feel the need to [unsuccesfully] boast.

Usually, when people go looking for religion, it's out of a desire for spirituality. And believe it or not, it's perfectly possible to be very spiritually aware, without necessarily believing in any religion or conventional God, and without sacrificing logic. In fact, some aspects of religious belief are perfectly logical.

I, for example, consider myself a very strong proponent of the spiritual and even supernatural, and yet I'm also an Agnostic with - as any religious person I've ever gotten into an argument with can tell you - strong Atheist leanings.

I have no problems reconciling spirituality, and even certain aspects of religion, with a logical view of the world.
For instance, once one discards the attachment to that silly little thing we call the Ego, and takes into account the Law of Conservation of Energy, the idea that our "Spirit" our energy, somehow lives on after our bodies break down makes a fair deal of sense.

By a similar token, if one takes into account the basically holistic nature of... Well, everything, it's perfectly logical that the universe would often function as a sort of "Artificial Intelligence" simply because the very nature of intelligence as we humans know it is to seek balance, order, etc. and the universe ultimately tends to lean to the same things.
Also, under that same logical concept of balance, the concept of Karma makes a great deal of sense - for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

My whole basic view of existence flows by that same principle: There may be things we can't see or prove with the perceptions we have (now), but every motion of the universe points to them.
Does that mean there's any good reason to believe that a big person in the sky is governing the world and passing judgment on our mortal souls? Hell no. But it does mean that open-minded science and logic aren't at all incompatible with the natural spiritual ideas that humans tend to gravitate towards and simplify into religions.

Just because we can't see on a large enough scope to see how everything in existence works together and forms an order - a "God" if you will - doesn't mean that order does not exist.
It doesn't mean there's a conscious, all-powerful Ego lording over us, but it doesn't mean the universe is only what we can see, either.

Ta-da!! Don't you love it? Ok, you're probably offended, but read a little Freud and I'm sure you can see what he's getting at. And you hardcore religious people out there.......if you don't like it, skip it. :D best rule of thumb.

Ok, ta, I'm going to glorious sleeeeeeeep.