I’ve somehow managed to read thru to page 8, then skipped here, to leave a mark 
well, i always thought people who believe in something beyond nature, do so coz they are afraid there isn’t anything else but HERE&NOW;I’m not, hence I believe in nothing more than what I do HERE&NOW;(life, family, love, work etc.)
anything beyond is not of my concern, it’s just ashes and worms
My general view on religion is, that when it stops concerning the mind of the believer and has ANY influence on lives of others, its wrong and should be banned as such.
Religious movements were and are elements of governing. Nothing more.
Personal belief in something is a way of soothing own mind. Nothing more.
PS. Paganism and all primitive (early, not bad) religions are (for me) just a way of understanding world through animating nature.