To me, all questions religious are pointless, because religion doesn't work for me, and the whole thing is a waste of time. I am not interested in art, so the only thing that I can care about is the interaction of religion with politics, where I have a very simplistic reflex: keep religion out, as it deals in absolutes, and absolutes are really dangerous in politics (the ends justify the means / you're with us or against us kind of thing).

So take all of what I write on the topic with that large grain of salt in mind.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes