The Logic Off Topic list

>While I could be wrong, my guess is that we have a lot of people here making
>pronouncements about these writings (and the theology they present) who are
>not theologians, biblical scholars, or Koran scholars. Like amateur
>musicians, they are entitled to their opinions, and I personally don't mind
>them expressing them. 

Why does it take a religious scholar to have a spiritual relationship 
with "God" by whatever name? Even common people can love a song and get 
an emotional charge from it - without an explanation from a musician. 
Maybe the religions are bureacracies. Someone always wants to feel they 
know what God is thinking better than you do, and want you to pay a few 
sheckels for the priviledge of that knowledge.