Secularism doesn't work.  You call your site "Voice of Reason" but in fact most people don't have the intelligence to reason, so they shouldn't even try.  Instead, they should respect tradition and religion.  If they do try to reason, the result will be nothing more than rationalization of their instincts, because this is all that they are intellectually capable of doing.  So then the question becomes how to make such people respect religion over their own dysfunctional minds.  The first answer is to have a powerful alpha-male god since humans (and most primates) are wired to respect an alpha-male leader.  I would say that the god of Islam is the most alpha of all gods.  And the second answer is to provide religious exercises for people to remember their religion.  The Old Testament provides the sabbath which is useful for intelligent people who can use this time to think, but is less useful for those of low intelligence.  Again, Islam is optimal here with its 5 daily prayers which consist of repeatedly bowing before God, the act of bowing being the primary expression of submission for humans (and most primates).  So I would say that Islam today isn't far from ideal, it just needs a few tweaks to make it less fatalistic.

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