Does the pope shit in the woods?

But in all seriousness, regardless of the Machiavellian shenanigans of religious representatives, be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water and to automatically conflate religiosity with spirituality. Spirituality has an important role for humans. I myself have previously had strong anti-religion feelings and tagged a hard-line Dawkins approach for a good long time. Now I've learnt a lot more, principally via ethnobotany fieldwork with indigenous peoples and neo-shamanic practice, and I have completely different opinions. Love & Peace