Prayer

Much as we do with everything, we have rationalized religion to the point of taking the idea of a merciful, wise and loving being and waging wars in his name because we don't agree on specifics. Starting with a common ground, we have tried to analyze every specific facet of that idea and inevitably come to opposing conclusions. Furthermore, we have profited off exploiting the name of God...pathetic.

This only speaks to our nature as humans. Even though we claim to stand for certain values, it is discouraging to see that even those who, in theory, represent the source of those values are equally or more morally corrupt than us. 

Seeing that spirituality has rotted into religion, it is not surprising to see that our priorities are...skew, shall we say. Our values have become bumper stickers and we are now materialist worshippers. Even though I don't believe materialism to be an immoral practice in itself, after all we have evolved towards it naturally, when it replaces our principles we have a problem. It would be nice to see that we still stand for something...

Individual faiths notwithstanding, every once in a while we should take a step back and pray; be grateful for what we are and just stop. We are terrified of introspection, perhaps because we fear we may not like what we see, but we should realize that we are extremely fortunate, and appreciate that.