So much of modern society is built upon a house of cards, made up of faulty assumptions and poor reasoning skills. In some ways it seems that society encourages this cycle, even feeds it with additional layers of conditioning, fear, inadequacy, and prejudice. Many seek refuge in religion, only to discover a new layer of the same elements - more control, domination, and poor reasoning. Some leave religion and seek truth in less organized groups like the New Age movement, only to find the same tra …