The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.
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In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to.
Religion may become a fashion as well as anything else; and, when it does become so, it has as little to do, in those who thus hold it, with the heart and the character as any other fashion.
Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities.
Christianity and Islam, they have the same morals, same lifestyle, some of the same stories that shaped them.
The same myths are told in every culture, and they might swap out details, but it's still the same story. It's the same story, but with a different face.
I think there's a difference between God and religion.
True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
I can't speak to the differences within the Catholic Church.
The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from the big screen. Whereas Christian religion is retreating everywhere and losing more and more influence; film has filled the vacuum and supports us with myths and action-controlling images.
Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.
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