I know that people get very uptight and defensive about their religions which is more than somewhat surprising as they very rarely have any say in what religion that they 'join'. It's almost a matter of chance, depending on which bed you were born in and what era. As an Ayrshire Atheist I believe it would be good if people made rational choices but unfortunately that is not the case when it comes to organised religion. Until that time comes I'll just have to muse over the words of the great Ayrshire Internationalist Rabbie Burns who wrote:
Ye see yon birkie ca'd 'a lord,'
Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that?
Tho' hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a cuif for a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
His ribband, star, an' a' that,
The man o' independent mind,
He looks an' laughs at a' that.
From: Is there for honest poverty
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