This is the path my parents took, and for whatever peace they personally experienced, it involved just dumping their unresolved traumas on their kids in the nam

This is the path my parents took, and for whatever peace they personally experienced, it involved just dumping their unresolved traumas on their kids in the name of that deity, leaving us with lifelong emotional baggage to work through. The underlying ideas that could help someone deal with the realities of the world are philosophical intuitions that need no religion to practice. While not all implementations of religion look like my parents, it is no more perfect a solution than any other, and seems particularly susceptible to the same malevolence against which it claims to be an antidote. If you actually are curious about a non-religious path, Sam Harris’ work has resonated with me. The book “Waking Up” is an appropriately named and great starting point.