Excellent observation. I'd go a step further and say you'll wind up avoiding your own self in the process -- which in turn will make you miserable. The Boy Sco

Excellent observation. I'd go a step further and say you'll wind up avoiding your own self in the process -- which in turn will make you miserable. The Boy Scouts certainly helped me face my self directly, almost always against my preferences. Now if they (and I) had done a better job at prioritizing my time and dealing with my "atheism" I'd have made Eagle. Of course I would have felt guilty supporting an organization that essentially required a certain form of religious belief and also discriminated against gays. Their message and practice is flawed but still contains quite a bit of wisdom.