Robert Wright weighs in on the subject of alternative belief systems discussed here the other day in the article about Judas: http://www.slate.com/id/2223786/pagenum/all/. Wright seems to have a pretty good sense of perspective about religion, understanding that alternative or new or something from outside the Judeo-Christian perspective doesn't mean it's more or less valid. It just means it's something else and may indeed be a complete bag of hooey. This thought process also comes into play on college (and grade school) curriculums (curriculi?) when it comes to preferring the works of people of color or colorful people over the infamous Dead White Men. I've suffered through enough of that stuff with my own kids dragging home the latest assignment of a Toni Morrison or Maya Angelou shitburger to tell you right here and now that the colorful people can't carry Bill Shakespeare's jock strap.
I know someone personally who is continuously swayed by whatever new religious or spiritual improvement concept is out there and will gently scold you for not being enlightened enough to see the truth in whatever current belief system she has embraced. Sad and she's exactly the type of person that shamans or preachers or swamis or what have you depend on to keep the dollars flowing in. Not to say that I don't admire a good preacher--I always thought Billy Graham gave a helluva sermon and that Jimmy Swaggert was good to listen to after a couple of Jack Blacks. Not that much of it made a lot of difference, but entertaining nonetheless. I always wanted to see the crooked jackass Robert Tilton pilloried or at exposed as a cross dresser--maybe someday my prayers will indeed be answered.
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