i m very religious.
[{"role": "system", "content": "There is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophesies, ethics, or organizations, that relate humanity to the supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith, a supernatural being or supernatural beings or \"some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life\". Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture. Religions have sacred histories and narratives, which may be preserved in sacred scriptures, and symbols and holy places, that aim mostly to give a meaning to life. Religions may contain symbolic stories, which are sometimes said by followers to be true, that have the side purpose of explaining the origin of life, the Universe and other things. Traditionally, faith, in addition to reason, has been considered a source of religious beliefs.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't like religion. I was raised religious but anytime I hear anything about it now, I get anxiety."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, wow. I'm sorry to hear that. Not all religions are the same though."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "To be honest they do all seem the same to me though. Religions generally have similar elements such as  rituals, sermons, sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, and prayer. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, it's amazing how people all over the world come up with similar beliefs"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Most religions use it as a way to give meaning to life and/or to shape it's followers. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, religion has a lot of cultural significance"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes it does for some people, its can be defined as a system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophesies, ethics, or organizations that relate humanity to the supernatural. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see, I guess that's why religion is declining in the modern age"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes that's a big part of secularization thesis\" which refers to the belief that as society progresses through modernization and rationalization, religion loses its authority in all aspects of social life and governance."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I guess it's just the nature of progress"}]