As I have pointed out on many occasions, “religion” is a term like “sports”: Some sports are peaceful but spectacularly dangerous
And the referee presiding over the game is invisible, when you are in the land of Honey Boo Boo in Alabama the religion and most popular form of worship is tailgating @ NasCar , the last sports arena where whites still dominate carbon emissions or no is the largest sport in the world in terms of ad dollars .
When you go global or talk of South America formal religion is forgotten routinely with the greatest loyalty & equally highest human emotions are found in your local or National soccer teams , there's nothing even close to this in attendence or where boys from the poorest areas can rise up to become National heros . When the the commentators cry out "Golllllllllllllll" ....its as if someone has died & passed thru the gates of heaven ,
(literally & violence is also routine .)
When it comes to Mormonism a direct connection could be made to Islam in its inception, one just on a larger scale, its almost an exact parallel theocracy , prophet founder , no drinking or intoxicants , multiple wives & only the chosen go to heaven . In peaceful form the sport could be likened to is synchronised swimming (& ritual bird calling/warbling) |
