Politics And Religion

While driving around recently I overheard some of the Democratic National Convention, and the old adage came to mind about finding happiness by avoiding talk of politics and religion. I'd thought that the common bond between the two was that each is basically an exercise in opinion -- in trying to change the minds of others. It did strike me, though, now that we're in election season, how much energy politics and religion spend convincing us how great one person is, and how bad the alternatives are.