The word ‘religion’ comes from the Latin ‘religare’ meaning ‘to bind’. The root of the various religions as taught by their prophets is to ‘bind’ or ‘stay bound’ to the infinite energy that formed us and to that which we return to when our body ceases to be.

Politicians then overlay those teachings with dogma creating doctrine to control the masses, but those with penetrating insight can still see the common root – and that’s what humanity needs to get down to.

We need to care for each other, whatever our roots. I’m long enough in the tooth to know that 10% of people are good whatever the circumstances, 10% are evil whatever the circumstances and with 80% it depends on their environment, family and religious political dogma and doctrine.

That bottom line that prophets and philosophers plumb down to is always there and an eternal truth for us all. It should be our ‘common sense’ and if humanity is to survive, what we should all be talking about.