Yes. Precisely. It's orthogonal. Like compassion and conservatism or short-term thinking and liberalism. Honestly, I disagree that those things are at all rel

Yes. Precisely. It's orthogonal. Like compassion and conservatism or short-term thinking and liberalism. Honestly, I disagree that those things are at all related. I think that's the sort of thing you get in political echo chambers, but not in reality. I meant mission more in the sense of centers intended to relieve poverty, hunger, etc, but it is a word with different meanings, so I see your take on it as well. I do think, though, that if you think belief in religion is a matter of whether the emperor has any clothes that you're looking at it wrong. There are deeper meanings and purposes to faith that many intelligent and well-educated people choose to pursue. They aren't doing it blindly, they know what they're doing, and they have their reasons. I'm strongly agnostic (to the point of being ridiculous about it), but I've encountered a wide enough variety of religious people to respect their views.