text: Mine, for example, does not. I think most would call me a Deist.\n\nTaoism does not have the business about praise and exaltation. It talks about the Tao and then immediately says that "The Tao that can be spoken of is not the True Tao."  I like that, a lot!\n\nBuddhists, of course. It really confuses folks sometimes who want to say that Buddhists worship Buddha. God is kind of a choice but not a requirement.\n\nThe Church of the SubGenius allows one to take short-term personal saviors, with the idea that pretty soon you will grow up and discard them. \n\nAll religions are manmade. Personally, I find they attempt to separate me from 1) the Ineffable and 2) my money. \n\nIn the words of Bro. Dave Gardner (a Southern comedian of the 1960s), "People come up to me all the time and say, 'Bro. Dave, why don't you become a preacher? You could make a million dollars!'  But Dear Friends, what would a preacher spend it on?"