I Respond:

Thanks Elise, here's the problem.  You offer a view of 
religion that tolerates soooo much inconsistency that 
no one could possibly say what any member of that 
faith believed with any certainty.  In that case, it 
would be better to be spiritual.  There you have a 
mandated inconsistency.  

MacDonald's couldn't last a week if one had French 
fries, but another didn't.  Or if they decided to 
change to chicken only instead of Big Macs, or went 
vegan.  Lets do religion the same service that we do 
any ole hamburger joint, and assume that you are 
only as catholic, as you are in agreement with the 
tenets of the catholic faith. This makes the problem 
the weakness of the believer, rather than a problem 
with the religion itself (except in the case of 
Unitarians, who have institutionalized a lack of 
definition).

I am frankly amazed and disappointed that not a 
single dissenter to my position embraced the point - 

That being spiritual equals being 
essentially "Unaccountable".  Frankly, I would have 
been very interested in what you all had to offer on 
that observation.

David