There are too many trolls and preachers of doom now on OEN, but I still come here once in a while to read and give thumbs up to those I think are the wisest. I originally came here because some time ago I read some of the writings of Karen Armstrong, an ex-Nun and a member of the progressive Jesus Seminar. She wrote the best-selling books, The History of God, and The Battle for God, and she makes a lot of sense to me. Then I became a Deist and Unitarian Universalist after I read the writings of Joseph J. Adamson, a man who not only feels the same way about the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). He suggests that we need a reformation of religion and a reformation of government, to create a family of equal religions, and to establish government that respects all religions equally and is truly of, by and for the people. He inspired me to promote his message, but these days there is too much malice and mendacity for me.