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I still disagree. Using someone else's philosophy on life to help guide your own defeats the purpose of experiencing said life. That's me though.
I'm currently nonreligious, but there are hundreds of people that have influenced my personal philosophies. But despite the things I believe having come from or been influenced by other people, I still consider my beliefs to be my own. Why should the beliefs of religious or spiritual people be viewed any differently?
Of course you think they're your own. It's important to you to have that feeling of individualism, but you yourself said the opposite. You've been influenced by hundreds, right? How is any of your beliefs your own?
This sounds a lot like “You don’t get to tell me not to touch the hot stove! I want to experience the burn!” – What’s wrong with listening to other’s look on life and see if and how that can benefit you?
Because some people don't need to touch a hot stove to feel the heat from it. In your binary view of the world you're either the burned or the observer.
If every human had to learn from step one we'd never progress. Taking lessons from past experiences is valid in many ways. The alternate side of that is many humans must make their own mistakes to learn those lessons. It's why we rarely listen to our parents. And unfortunately many humans require a group to belong to, as our evolutionary history required the social collective to survive. Which is why religion has been so powerful, especially once the con men realized they could use that "flaw" in human evolution to manipulate people. So for sure we should always be skeptical about being led by others. But I'm afraid the "concept" of religion (groupthink) will likely never go away - it's a huge part of what makes us social creatures. But I absolutely agree that "religion" as a generalization is fucked.