They however choose to dwell over them, choose to think about them and see how it is impacting many people’s lives and how psychologist (more so behavior psychologist ) could learn from such studies of human society. What strikes most in his conversation is a different view point that he brings into Atheism and how many people appreciate little things in many religions and are not harsh and dismissive about them out right. And for me, atheism 2.0 is about both, as I say, a respectful and an impious way of going through religions and saying, “What here could we use?” If you don’t believe in a religion, there’s nothing wrong with picking and mixing, with taking out the best sides of religion. I think there are ways - and I’m being both very respectful and completely impious - of stealing from religions. His comment which stood out and set the course for the 20 minute speech was very interesting (something of a view which I kind of subscribe to) It made me think that religion as whole is an amalgamation of music therapy, counseling therapy, group counseling, color therapy, meditation, building exercise strategies, loss coping exercises and confidence building exercises. One wonders the amount of efficiency one could achieve and it also gives deep insight into how many spiritual gurus use organizational building skills to build and strength their religions.

Thing which fascinated me more was when he said that organizational capabilities of various religions could be studied and employed on the corporate scenario.

How the religions are so efficient in getting the jobs done or more importantly get ideas across ? The various components they employ which are so similar in pattern. He is curious like many as to how the world over religions work. It has been a while since I watched Alain de Botton talk on TED.com talk about Atheism 2.0 and most importantly his idea of Institutionalizing atheism.

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