for religion, against harmful residual beliefs

religion stands on three pillars, which constitute, coincidentally, the essence of humanism: love, truth and liberty. belief in each and all of these three pillars constitutes a great leap of faith and an act of common sense; religion, after all, lies where common sense and faith meet.
thus, a virtuous deed is no other than a sacrifice for the cause of truth, love and/or liberty. and sanctity is the fusion of the will of the individual with the way of love, truth and liberty at the tune of ayler´s "spiritual unity".

any belief that is held by whichever church, which is not directly linked to either of these three pillars is a residual belief, which can be ignored at will if it is not harmful, and should be done with immediately if it is, for it is an irreligious practice to attempt against these most humane and yet divine elements in the name of the temporary power of a fallibly manned church.

there is nothing as romantic as a procession or a religious ceremony: communion and spirituality fuse with tradition and hope so as to fill with strength and joy the congregated. and yet, in and of themselves, religious ceremonies don´t make the believer the least bit more virtuous, humane or loving. for this reason, the believer may or may not partake of each or all of the ceremonies estipulated by her church without necessarily affecting the process of the perfection of her soul, or her relationship with god in this life or in the afterlife.

there is nothing as harmful to god, society and the souls of the parties involved as systematic discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, capabilities, etc. even more so in a religious organization, since it is untrue that religion or god, for that matter, mandates that unrightful practice; it is unlovely to marginalize on the one hand and to allocate privileges on the other; and this practice constitutes a serious violation to the religious liberties and rights of believers, for the task of religion is to free the soul, and not to fetter it, even less so selectively.

all this just to say that the church that bans gay marriage, supports male or non-diverse supremacy, or prohibits women´s aspirations to priesthood is involving itself in irreligious deeds by harming the causes of the truth (since it is not true that god mandates discrimination and targeted exclusivity), love (we don´t even need to mention why) and liberty (same as above) within the church and in society.

the crusades were not a christian institution--nor are armed jihads an Islamic one. human sacrifices had nothing to do with the cult of quetzalcoatl. these are unlovely and inhumane acts, and it is untrue that god´s will is to use those offensive and destructive means in order to attain any of the ends the residual-believers and fallible churches had, have or will have in mind.

there is no connection whatsoever between opposing abortion and improving one´s soul. in any case, the best way to erradicate abortion is to distribute condoms and birth control pills so as to prevent unwanted pregnancies. sex education and the proliferation of condoms and birth control pills are more of a christian institution than systematic stigmatization, intolerance and inconsideration for the needy.