I can't reply to most of it off the top of my head with any kind of mindful precision. Therefore, I'm writing this particular reply to let you know that I hear you and that I understand where you're coming from. I don't feel offended in the slightest by your comment because you wrote it with sincere respect and solely to warn me, which I appreciate. I'm going to have to think about it all; if you don't mind, I'll PM you later when I have the thing sorted out in my head.

Now that you've pointed it out to me, I think that you're most certainly right. It was disrespectful of me to generalize such a huge layer of humanity. Your talking about love and compassion resonates with me because I believe in such attitudes towards others as well. Sometimes, however, a cynical streak hits me - undoubtably the result of me being surrounded by pessimists all my life. Religion is one of the topic which revves my anger up the hottest, for reasons I'm not truly sure of. One argument that pops up in my head the instant is that people are giving the control over their lives to some non-existent being behind whom they hide the moment something hits their well-established bubble protecting them from reality, but even I now see how undeservedly angry and aggressive that is. Maybe I'm angry because I envy them: relinquishing the overwhelming responsibility of living seems like an appealing option the more the bigger the pressure.

There's no point in my asserting my previously-stated opinion on religion because, clearly, there's a lot of things I don't understand about what I'm feeling on the subject. What I put down in the original comment was my sincere feeling on the subject, not a matter-of-moment judgement due to some unrelated anger aggravation - which makes my behavior less healthy, I understand. It's something I'd have to work hard on, just like I worked hard on other mental issues of mine. Oddly enough, the further I go, the more problems I notice; the finish line is always on the horizon - just as it should be, now that I think of it; even with that, I'm a better person than I was a year ago.

I'm grateful for you pointing out my bias to me in a respectful and precise manner. I must say that you caught me in the best of times with such a comment, too, which is not so much your luck as it is mine. Had the time been different, I'd react far less mindfully and maturely, which is not something I'd be proud of in either case.

Given the situation, I wonder: what do you think of George Carlin's views on the world? I'm not sure whether you even know who he is, but in case you do, I'm very curious. He seemed to be a very cynical man, judging from one of his audiobooks that I didn't even have guts to listen to fully - so depressing the first audiofile was.