Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
Rhyfelwyr, if your belief system is making you miserable, there's every reason for re-considering it. Life is a precious, joyful thing - the greatest gift, if you believe in a god - and contains enough misery threaded through the happiness without needing the creation of more.

To quote again:

"If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this one."

Listen to the more worldly man, he's right.

Asfar as prayers and liturgy go, as I said, its about a communal act. There's nothing quite like having 250 people saying the "Our Father" in rhythm, and you being one of them.