LH wasn't criticizing..she was making a statement and if that statement is true (and I happen to agree with her) than the pitfalls listed for the religious paths and the atheist are not legimate because they are one persons perspective..even if someone else may have that perspective...

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Are Judging others.

Acting more self-righteous than others.

Acting like your religion is the only right path.

Not showing the desired traits the the religion calls for.

Not living in the way your faith dictates that you should live.

Thinking and believing that someone else is doomed because of their unbelief.

People who think they have reached their Holy limit and do not need to work on becoming better person anymore.

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When a man sleeps in his bed, his soul leaves him to soar above, each soul according to its own way.......
The Zohar

Belief in prayer is often a sick joke. It is supposed to work, but rarely does (the prayed-for missing kids turn up raped and dead, the dying die, the floods come anyway). People are taught ot hope for what is excessively likely to occur, and to believe in what will not occur seems cruel at times.

Religion frequently offers (tacit) approval for that which merits the most extreme disapproval. Terrorism springs to mind, as do shunning/excommunication for holding different views , sometimes with deep negative impacts on the lives of the shunned and their families.

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