I love your response here. What great points you have made again.

It’s hard to counter those, and after our conversation, maybe the right way for me to frame my opinion is:

Institutionalized religion is negative on the world and has negative impacts, more than positive impacts, at least from my point of view. Faith, on the other hand, is a necessary point of life. For living, relationships, love, and growth. Knowing there will be a tomorrow when it feels there can’t be one.